Sweet and Sour Chicken

DIFFICULTY
Easy Easy
PREP TIME
Under 30 Min. Under 30 Min.
COOK TIME
Under 30 Min. Under 30 Min.
SERVES
2-4 2-4
Sweet and Sour Chicken
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Main ingredients
  • Meat
Ingredients
Method

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon light olive oil
  • 400g mini chicken breast fillets
  • 1 red onion, peeled and sliced into half moons
  • 2 carrots, peeled and cut into 4cm thin batons
  • 1 yellow, red, and green pepper, deseeded and cut into strips
  • 272g pineapple chunks, reserve the juice from the can
  • 30ml soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons honey or caster sugar
  • 60ml white wine vinegar
  • 100g tomato purée
  • 1 teaspoon English mustard powder
  • 1 x 160g can sweetcorn
  • 2 tablespoons corn flour
  • Cooked brown rice to serve
  • Method

  • 1
    Heat the stir fry pan over a medium heat for 1-2 minutes.
  • 2
    Add 1 teaspoon of oil and when it ripples add half the chicken fillets, turning when browned and cook on the other side.
  • 3
    Remove from the pan and then allow the pan to regain its heat and repeat stage 2 and 3 until all the chicken has been cooked.
  • 4
    Add the remaining oil to the pan and add the onion, carrot and peppers cook for 5 minutes and then add the chicken back to the pan.
  • 5
    Add the pineapple juice made up to 200ml with water along with the soy sauce, honey, vinegar, tomato puree and mustard powder.
  • 6
    Stir fry for 10 minutes.
  • 7
    Dissolve the corn flour in 1 tablespoon cold water and then add to the pan with the pineapple and sweetcorn. Cook for a few minutes to allow the sauce to thicken.
  • 8
    Serve with cooked brown or white rice.
 
This recipe works well with Tofu as a vegan alternative. Cook as you would the chicken. Alternatively, more vegetables can be used instead of chicken if you would prefer.
 
 
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