Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, healthy sweet & sour chicken. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Healthy Sweet & Sour Chicken is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Healthy Sweet & Sour Chicken is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have healthy sweet & sour chicken using 17 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Healthy Sweet & Sour Chicken:
- Prepare 5 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Get 5 ml veg oil
- Take 1 medium onion, cut into 12 wedges
- Make ready 3 peppers, red, green, orange or yellow, deseeded and cut into chunks of about 3cm/1¼in
- Make ready 1 x 225g/8oz can water chestnuts
- Make ready 1 x 425g/15oz can pineapple chunks in natural juice drained
- Prepare 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
- Make ready 25 g/1oz piece fresh root ginger, peeled and finely grated
- Get freshly ground black pepper
- Get Sauce
- Take Juice from 2 tins pineapples approx 300ml
- Get 50 g cornflour
- Make ready 4 tbsp dark soy sauce
- Take 4 tbsp white wine vinegar
- Prepare 1 tbsp granulated sweetener
- Make ready 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
- Take 1 tsp dried chilli flakes
Steps to make Healthy Sweet & Sour Chicken:
- To make the sauce, drain both the pineapple tins in a sieve over a bowl and keep all the juice – you should have about 250ml. Add 300ml water, then stir in the soy sauce, vinegar, sweetener, ketchup and chilli flakes until thoroughly combined. Set aside. Put the cornflour in a bowl and stir in approx three tablespoons (or more) if required of water to make a smooth paste.
- Cut each chicken breast into eight or nine even pieces. Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan or wok and stir-fry the onion and peppers for two minutes over a high heat. Drain the water chestnuts and cut them in half horizontally.
- Add chicken to the pan and stir-fry for two minutes until coloured on all sides. Add the garlic, ginger, pineapple chunks and water chestnuts and stir-fry for 30–60 seconds.
- Give the cornflour and water mixture a good stir and add it to the pan with the chicken and vegetables. Stir well, season with some ground black pepper and bring to a simmer. Cook for 4–6 minutes until the sauce is thickened and glossy and the chicken is tender and cooked throughout, turning the chicken and vegetables a few times. Serve with a small portion of rice.
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