Sweet and Sour Baked Chicken

1(3lb) broiler-fryer cut up
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup coarsely chopped green pepper
1/2 cup coarsely chopped carrots
1/4 cup butter
3/4 cup ketchup
1 cup pineapple juice
2 tablespoons vinegar
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
'1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
dash ground red pepper
dash ground ginger
1 cup pineapple chunks

Preheat oven to 400. In medium skillet, cook onion, green pepper, and carrots in butter for 5 minutes, stirring. Stir in ketchup, pineapple juice, vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, garlic salt, salt, peppers, and ginger. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture boils. Add pineapple chunks. Arrange chicken pieces skin side up in a 9x13 baking pan. Pout sauce all over. Bake covered for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake 30 minutes or longer until tender or chicken tests done.

This recipe comes from Christy Escobedo. She is a great cook and is always trying new recipes. She says... I just made this for dinner and it was sooo good! A nice change from teriyaki, but you still get the tender, falling off the bone texture you want.