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    Sweet & sour chicken with rice

    The chicken is cooked in minimum fat without a battered coating.

    The chicken is cooked in minimum fat without a battered coating.

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    Cooking Time

    Cook: 35 Mins

    Cooking Time

    Serves: 4

    Cooking Time

    Price: £2.10 per serving

    Nutritional Information

    Each 507g serving contains

    Energy
    2606kj
    622kcal
    31%
    Fat
    10g
    Med
    15%
    Saturates
    2.2g
    Med
    11%
    Sugars
    24g
    High
    27%
    Salt
    1.7g
    High
    28%
    2
    of your 5-a-day
    of your reference intake.
    Typical energy values per 100g:
    514kj/123kcal

    Ingredients

    227g can Asda Pineapple in Juice

    2 tbsp Asda Cider Vinegar

    2 tbsp Asda Dark Soy Sauce

    1 tbsp clear honey

    2 tbsp tomato ketchup

    1 level tbsp cornflour

    4 chicken breasts, cut into small pieces

    2 tbsp groundnut oil (or sunflower oil)

    1 red pepper, de-seeded

    1 yellow pepper, de-seeded

    150g carrots, peeled and cut into batons

    125g mangetout, halved

    3 spring onions, sliced diagonally

    Boiled brown rice, to serve

    Method

    1
    Drain the pineapple and put the juice in a basin. Cut the pineapple into bite-sized pieces and set aside. Add the vinegar, soy sauce, honey and ketchup to the juice. Mix in the cornflour with 2 tbsp cold water.
    2
    Fry the meat in the oil for 2-3 minutes.
    3
    Slice the peppers and add to the pan with the carrots. Stir-fry for 3 minutes.
    4
    Add the mangetout, spring onions and pineapple. Stir-fry for 30 seconds.
    5
    Pour in the sauce and stir until simmering. Simmer for 1-2 minutes, then serve with the boiled brown rice.