This is my third take on "What's Cooking Challenge" by @jaynie!

I was tagged by @iamjadeline and @kimmiecfields some time ago. Sorry for the late foodie aka cooking post at my end; I just have not had the chance to take time off to do cooking due to travelling and crazy teacher-month in May. Today's recipe is a Chinese-inspired dish, here comes my sweet-and-sour chicken! Like always (based on my kitchen's inspiration), this dish will not take a long time to prepare and cook, and most of the ingredients may already exist in your kitchen cabinet and refrigerator. So, let's get started!

Ingredients: (for 3 - 4 pax)

45 g of cornstarch
500g of boneless, skinless chicken breast
2 eggs
One green bell pepper
3/4 cup of apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon of soy sauce
1/4 cup of tomato ketchup
Black pepper and salt for seasoning
Oil
4 - 5 cloves of fresh garlic
20 g of white sesame seeds
Some chopped scallions
*Please change the above measurements to suit your taste palette. :)

Steps for the chicken:

Chop the chicken into smaller pieces, preferably about same sizes so that it is easier to manage the cooking time.
Heat up your pan over a medium-high heat for about 3 minutes.
Lightly toast the white sesame seeds in the pan.
While waiting, beat the eggs in a bowl.
Place the cornstarch in another bowl.

Take out the lightly toasted sesame seeds from the pan.
Add some oil into the pan, and leave it for about 5 to 8 minutes.
Season the chicken with some salt and pepper.
Coat the chicken with cornstarch, and dip them in the beaten egg mixture before frying them in the pan.
You need to do this in few batches, and cooking alert! OIL SPLATTER!
Fry until they are golden, crispy and cooked through. Take it out and set aside in a plate.

Steps for the sweet-and-sour sauce:

In a separate pan, add some oil and heat it up to a medium-high heat for about 3 minutes.
While waiting, chop the fresh garlic, scallion and green bell pepper.
Fry the garlic chunks until your kitchen smells darn awesome.
Add the apple cider vinegar, soy sauce, ketchup, and sugar. Leave it for about 4 minutes.
Add the green bell pepper, and wait until the sauce thickens.

Do some quick tasting, and adjust further to your liking.
Add the fried chicken into the thickened sauce.
Toss them around so that they are fully coated with the sauce.
Add the lightly toasted sesame seeds.
AND YOUR DISH IS READY! :D

Here's a selfie of the amateur chef and her sweet-and-sour chicken dish today!

Please pardon my Saturday morning look. #lazyteacher

I had my dish with some organic brown rice I bought from the mall.

If you have other fantastic recommendations for me, please let me know in the comments section below! Ever since I moved out of my home country, I have started cooking a lot more, and just experimenting with different recipes. It worked brilliantly, and at times, things have gone wrong in the kitchen too. HAHAHAA! Oh welp! :D

Mmm, now kicking off my five nominations to continue with this cooking challenge:

@sweetpea
@joannewong
@alimamasstory
@josephinengpy
@cookntell

Note: This is also my entry in #dailyfoodphotography curated by @mininthecity :)