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Sweet and sour chicken
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Sweet and sour chicken

Pan-fried chicken, pepper and pineapple are tossed in a tangy sauce without the need for deep-frying.

Prep
15 min
Cook
20 min
Serves
4
Level
Easy
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Gather

Ingredients

  • 500 gchicken breast, cut into 2 cm pieces
  • 2peppers, deseeded and cut into chunks
  • 1onion, cut into chunks
  • 200 gtinned pineapple chunks in juice, drained weight, juice reserved
  • 100 mlpineapple juice, from the tin
  • 3 tbsptomato ketchup
  • 2 tbsprice vinegar
  • 1 tbspreduced-salt soy sauce
  • 1 tbspbrown sugar
  • 2 tspcornflour
  • 1 tbspvegetable oil

Make

Method

  1. 1.

    Whisk the pineapple juice, ketchup, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar and cornflour together until smooth.

    2 minutes
  2. 2.

    Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Fry the chicken for 7 minutes, turning frequently, until lightly golden.

    7 minutes
  3. 3.

    Add the onion and peppers and stir-fry for 5 minutes.

    5 minutes
  4. 4.

    Add the pineapple chunks. Stir the sauce again and pour it into the pan, then bring to a gentle bubble.

    2 minutes
  5. 5.

    Cook for 5–6 minutes, stirring, until the sauce is glossy and the chicken is cooked through with no pink remaining.

    6 minutes