Chicken balls in sweet & sour sauce
- Ching-He Huang
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Serves 4
Easy
Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 15 mins
plus chilling
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Make a fakeaway supper of crispy fried chicken meatballs coated in a rich sweet and sour sauce. You can pre-cook and freeze the meatballs, if you like
Freezable (meatballs only)
High-protein
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These Fried chicken meatballs are delicious, simple, and moreish, coated in a rich sweet-sour sauce - the perfect fakeaway supper. You can pre-cook and freeze all the meatballs and then reheat them to serve with rice and Pak choy - delicious.
Ingredients
Nutrition
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500g boneless, skinless chicken thighs
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4 garlic cloves
finely grated or crushed
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2 tbsp ginger
grated
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2 spring onions
finely chopped
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1 pinch ground white pepper
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50ml Shaoxing rice wine
or dry sherry
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1 tbsp dark soy sauce
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2 tbsp light soy sauce
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1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
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1 egg
beaten
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3 tbsp cornflour
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100ml rapeseed oil
For the sweet and sour sauce
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100ml cold vegetable stock
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50ml pineapple juice
from a can (reserving some pineapple pieces)
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1-2 tbsp light soy sauce
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1 tbsp ketchup
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2 tbsp clear rice vinegar
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2 tbsp golden syrup
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1 tbsp cornflour
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1 garlic clove
finely chopped
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2.5cm piece ginger
finely grated
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1 red onion
peeled, sliced to make crescent moons
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1 red chilli
deseeded and finely chopped
To serve
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chilli sauce
(optional)
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Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal473
- fat21g
- saturates3g
- carbs38g
- sugars22g
- fibre2g
- protein30g
- salt3.23g
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Method
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step 1
Tip the chicken thighs into a food processor and blitz until a fine paste forms. Tip into a large bowl along with the garlic, ginger, spring onions, white pepper, Shaoxing rice wine, both soy sauces, sesame oil, egg, cornflour and ½ tsp salt. Stir to combine well. Using wet hands, take a medium golf ball-sized mound and roll into a ball. Set aside on a plate and repeat until all the mixture is used. Chill for at least 30 mins, and reshape if needed before cooking.
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step 2
Pour the rapeseed oil into a large wok or saucepan and put over medium high heat, slowly add the meatballs into the oil and brown until golden, cooking for 8-10 mins, turning halfway. Lift the chicken balls out and set aside.
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step 3
Meanwhile, make the sweet and sour sauce. Pour the vegetable stock, pineapple juice, soy sauce, ketchup, vinegar, golden syrup and cornflour into a jug, mix well and set aside.
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step 4
Pour all the oil from the pan into a heatproof bowl. Set the pan back over high heat until smoking, then drizzle in 1 tbsp of the drained oil. Give the oil a swirl and add the garlic, ginger, onion and red chilli. Stir-fry for 1 min, until the onion starts to caramelise. Add some pineapple chunks from the can, then pour in the sweet and sour sauce and bring to the bubble. Cook until the sauce has deepened in colour, reducing for 15 secs. Add the chicken balls back in, gently coat in the sauce and reduce the heat to low. Cover and cook for 5 mins before serving (take care not to leave the chicken in the sauce for too long or the meat may break apart). Serve immediately with some chilli sauce, too, if you like.
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