Sweet and Sour Chicken

This is not a red sauce, it's more like the brown sweet and sour sauce you'll find in .....China. Imagine that. Man, I wish I could go back to China for the food! I've made this since high school, it's great stuff.

Feeds 2 adults and some children. :)

2 chicken breasts cut in short strips
2 T oil
1 c. Chopped carrots
1 garlic clove minced
1 T cornstarch
1/4 c soy sauce
8 oz pineapple chunks with juice
3 T brown sugar
3 T white vinegar
1/2 tsp ginger
prepared rice

Brown chicken in oil. Add carrots and garlic (if freshly minced) to chicken and oil. Cook and stir 2 minutes or until carrots are tender. Mix cornstarch, soy sauce, sugar, vinegar and ginger, and garlic if out of jar. Dump this mixture and pineapple along with it's juice in with chicken and carrots. Bring to full boil. Serve with prepared rice.