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Sweet and sour chicken

Name: Sweet and sour chicken
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British Chinese
Ingredients: 450 g chicken breast bite sized pieces chicken, boneless; 1 egg beaten egg; 1/2 cup plus 2 tsp for the sauce cornflour (cornstarch); a pinch salt; 3 tbsp for shallow frying cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 onion in chunks onion; 1 red pepper in chunks red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper); 1 green pepper in chunks capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper); 1 1/2 cups pineapple chunks juice saved pineapple; 1/4 cup tomato ketchup (ketchup); 2 tbsp rice vinegar; 2 tbsp brown sugar; 1 tbsp soy sauce

The takeaway favourite, made at home with less mystery and more pineapple.

35 minTime

28 gProtein each

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Sweet and sour chicken, British takeaway style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, boneless450 g chicken breast, bite sized pieces

Egg1 egg, beaten

Cornflour (cornstarch)½ cup, plus 2 tsp for the sauce

Salta pinch

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)3 tbsp, for shallow frying

Onion1 onion, in chunks

Red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper)1 red pepper, in chunks

Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)1 green pepper, in chunks

Pineapple1½ cups pineapple chunks, juice saved

Tomato ketchup (ketchup)¼ cup

Rice vinegar2 tbsp

Brown sugar2 tbsp

Soy sauce1 tbsp

Method

5 steps

1Toss the chicken with salt and egg, then coat in cornflour.
2Shallow fry in batches until golden and cooked through. Drain on paper.
3Whisk ketchup, vinegar, sugar, soy, 4 tbsp pineapple juice and 2 tsp cornflour.
4Stir fry the onion and peppers in a little of the oil, add the pineapple and sauce and bubble until glossy.
5Toss in the chicken just before serving.

Serve it like this

Spoon over steamed rice and scatter a few sesame seeds. Serve the chicken on the side for fussy eaters who like it extra crisp.

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