Sweet and Sour Chicken

Cuisine: Chinese
Effort: Medium
Cook's Fave: Yes

Serves: 6, Calories: 449, Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients:

  • 1 large egg white.  60
  • 40g cornflour.  144
  • 20ml milk.  10
  • 1 tbsp veg oil.  124
  • 200g tomato ketchup.  190
  • 65ml clear malt vinegar.  5
  • 75g dark muscovado sugar.  300
  • 3 tsp garlic purée.  51
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • 4 chicken breasts, chunked.  912
  • 1 large onion, roughly chopped.  75
  • 3 peppers, roughly chopped.  150
  • 200g carrots, julienned. 82
  • 400g pineapple pieces in juice.  220
  • 200g mangetout, 1” slices.  76
  • 50g cashew nuts (optional).  293
  • Pinch salt

Method:

  1. In small bowl; Beat egg white, milk and cornflour.
  2. In large Pyrex bowl; Coat chicken pieces in cornflour slurry.
  3. In sauté pan; Sear chicken in oil for 10 mins until golden. Set aside.
  4. Soften onion, carrots and peppers for 5 mins. Add garlic. Stir for 2 mins.
  5. Stir in ketchup, vinegar, ginger and sugar.
  6. Return chicken. Cover. Simmer. 10 mins.
  7. Stir in mangetout. Cover. Simmer. 3 mins.
  8. Add pineapple pieces. Stir. 2 mins.
  9. Stir in cashews and some pineapple juice if desired. Add salt to taste.
  10. Serve with rice or noodles.

Calories = 2692

  • 2692 / 6 = 449 (before rice or noodles)

Note: ⅓ bag Sainsbury’s boil in bag brown rice is 121 cals.

Note: Leave out cashews. Saves 49 cals per portion.


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