This Air Fryer Sweet and Sour Chicken is quick and easy with a homemade sweet and sour sauce that will satisfy all your takeout cravings. Using minimal ingredients you can have this healthy sweet and sour chicken ready in under 20 minutes. Without even breading the chicken this sticky, sweet and delicious sauce will have you making this recipe again and again.
Preheat the air fryer. Chop the chicken into bite size pieces. Season with salt and pepper. Add the chicken to the basket of the air fryer and cook at 380 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes until cooked through.
Mix the tapioca flour and water in a small bowl and set aside to use to thicken the sauce. Add pineapple juice, rice vinegar, brown sugar substitute, ketchup and coconut aminos to a large pan over medium. Whisk the sauce and bring it to a low boil.
While the sauce simmers add the tapioca slurry and continue stirring to thicken the sauce. This will happen almost instantly.
Once the sauce has thickened add the cooked chicken from the air fryer. Be sure not to add the juice from the air fryer or you sauce will thin out. Add pineapples and mix together well so the pineapples and chicken are coated with the sauce.
Top with chopped green onions and serve with rice or steamed vegetables. Add leftover sauce on top when serving or see sauce tip below.
Notes
If you want a extra thick sauce for this air fryer sweet and sour chicken, once you coat and remove the chicken from the sauce to serve you can add an additional pinch of tapioca slurry and thicken to make a sauce to go on top.
All nutritional data is an estimate. For the most accurate serving measurement weigh your final dish and divide by the number of servings.