Recipes:
# Sweet 'n' Sour Chicken
## INGREDIENTS
* 6 tablespoons olive oil
* 6 tablespoons soy sauce
* 6 tablespoons honey
* 3 tablespoons white vinegar
* 1½ teaspoons dried thyme
* 1½ teaspoons paprika
* ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
* ½ teaspoon ground allspice
* 1 teaspoon pepper
* 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts (4 ounces each)
* 2 cups hot cooked white rice
**SERVES 4**
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## Make Ahead
Bake chicken in the sauce, then cool. Refrigerate, well covered, for up to 2 days. Reheat in a 325°F oven for 20 minutes before serving over rice.
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## Variation
Two cups of hot cooked angel hair pasta is an elegant substitute for the rice in this dish.
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### 1
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Combine oil, soy sauce, honey, vinegar, thyme, paprika, cayenne pepper, allspice and pepper in a shallow baking dish; mix well.
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### 2
Pierce both sides of each chicken breast with a fork.
Place in baking dish; turn chicken several times using tongs.
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### 3
Bake chicken, basting several times with sauce, for 30 minutes.
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### 4
Spoon rice onto a serving platter.
Arrange chicken over rice.
Drizzle a small amount of sauce over chicken.
Serve remaining sauce on the side.
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## Make It Quicker
* Make two meals at the same time. Bake a double-batch of chicken and chill the extra breasts in some of the sauce. Then drain, slice into thin strips and serve on shredded lettuce with tomato wedges and salad dressing.
