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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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(4 votes)
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.