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Sweet & sour chicken

A serving of sweet & sour chicken with rice

Sweet & sour chicken

Name: Sweet & sour chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 6 h
Total time: 6 h 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 chicken breasts cut into bitesize chunks; 150g frozen diced onions; 3 tsp frozen chopped garlic; 3 tsp frozen chopped ginger; 1 red pepper cut into bitesize chunks; 1 green pepper cut into bitesize chunks; 100g baby corn cut in half lengthways; 4 tbsp light soy sauce; 4 tbsp ketchup; 4 tbsp white wine vinegar; 2 tbsp runny honey; 398g can pineapple chunks with juice; 3 tbsp cornflour; steamed rice and prawn crackers, to serve

Suzanne Mulholland

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 3 hrs - 6 hrs

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Enjoy a slow cooker version of a Chinese-inspired classic. It’s a simple grab-and-cook recipe - prep everything raw in advance ready for the slow cooker

Freezable

Low fat

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Food team recipe tips

As with all stir-fries, this dish comes together quickly, so make sure you have all your ingredients prepped before you start cooking.
Tamarind usually comes as a paste or sauce, but occasionally you’ll find it in a block. In this case, you’ll need to soften the hardened pulp in boiling water for 10 mins, then mix to a paste before using.
Chillies can vary hugely in heat, so make sure you taste a little bit before adding it all to the sauce. Three chillies may be too spicy for some.
Try adding some baby sweetcorn, white or spring onion, or water chestnuts if you want to add extra vegetables.

Ingredients

Nutrition

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4 chicken breasts

cut into bitesize chunks
150g frozen diced onions
3 tsp frozen chopped garlic
3 tsp frozen chopped ginger
1 red pepper

cut into bitesize chunks
1 green pepper

cut into bitesize chunks
100g baby corn

cut in half lengthways
4 tbsp light soy sauce
4 tbsp ketchup
4 tbsp white wine vinegar
2 tbsp runny honey
398g can pineapple chunks

with juice
3 tbsp cornflour
steamed rice and prawn crackers, to serve

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal403
fat7g
saturates2g
carbs43g
sugars39g
fibre4g
protein40g
salt2.58g

Method

step 1

Put all of the ingredients, including the juice of the pineapple, in a large mixing bowl and mix well. Will keep chilled for three days or frozen for up to three months (see tip).
step 2

Tip into the slow cooker, put the lid on and cook for 6 hrs on low or 3 hrs on high until the chicken is tender. Serve with steamed rice and prawn crackers.

Recipe tip

Freezing tip
Pour the ingredients from the bowl into a large labelled freezer bag and freeze flat. If frozen, defrost overnight in the fridge, then pour into the slow cooker, put the lid on and cook as directed in step 2.

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