Friday 24 October 2014

Fakeaway Friday: Sweet and Sour Chicken with Boiled Rice


The recipe I will share with you today is sweet and sour chicken with boiled rice.  Quite easy to make and very tasty.
I served it with boiled rice but I tried it with noodles before and it's just as nice :-)




INGREDIENTS: serves 4 about 1 syn per serving on Extra Easy


  • 4 chicken breasts diced
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves crushed
  • 1 large red pepper chopped
  • 3 carrots finely sliced
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 1/4 tsp Chinese 5 spice
  • 4 tbsp tomato puree 
  • 1 tbsp white wine vinegar 
  • 4 tbsp light soy sauce 
  • 150ml chicken stock
  • 400g fresh pineapple flesh, cut into bite-size pieces
  • 2 spring onions to decorate



METHOD:


  • Spray a pan or a wok with Frylight (cooking spray). Place the diced chicken breast and fry till brown. Remove and put on a plate.
  • Spray some more cooking spray to the pan and add the garlic, onion, pepper, and carrots.  Fry for about 5 minutes.
  • Add the chicken to the vegetables and fry for a couple of minutes.
  • In a separate bowl mix 2 tbsp of water with cornflour, wine vinegar, soy sauce, tomato puree and stock.  Add it to the pan and cook it for a few minutes till the sauce thickens.
  • Remove from the heat and add the pineapple.
  • Serve with boiled rice or noodles and decorate with finely slices spring onion.
  • Enjoy your meal.





My family loved this recipe.  I added some hot chilly pepper to mine as I loooove spicy food!!

Please, do send me pictures if you make this recipe.  I will definitely be making this again, next time with noodles :-)

xoxo

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