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Sweet and Sour Chicken

A tasty yet healthy dish from Rozanne Stephens.

Ingredients

  • 4 chicken breasts (sliced into thin strips and seasoned with salt and pepper)
  • sunflower oil, for stir frying
  • 1 brown onion (sliced into thin wedges)
  • 1 red pepper (thinly sliced)
  • 1 yellow pepper (thinly sliced)
  • 1 green pepper (thinly sliced)
  • 2 celery sticks (thinly sliced)
  • 400 g tin of pineapple pieces in natural juice (drained and juice reserved)
  • sweet and sour sauce
  • 2 tblsp tomato ketchup
  • 2 tblsp plum sauce
  • 2 tblsp light soy sauce
  • 60 ml white wine vinegar
  • 1 tblsp cornflour (dissolved in 1tbsp water)
  • 60 ml chicken stock (use a corner of a stock cube)
  • reserved pineapple juice

Method

  • Mix all the sauce ingredients together and set aside.
  • Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a wok and stir fry the chicken in batches until browned and cooked through. Set aside in a clean bowl.
  • Heat another tablespoon of oil and stir fry the vegetables until cooked but still crunchy, approximately 3 minutes.
  • Add the chicken, pineapple pieces and sauce. Bring to the boil and wait for the sauce to thicken while stirring.
  • Serve immediately with brown rice.