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Crispy sweet and sour chicken

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Serves 2

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Total time: 45 mins

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"Crispy Tempura chicken in a sweet and sour sauce.....a Chinese takeaway at half the price."

Ingredients

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For the sauce:

• 1 tbsp olive oil/cooking oil

  (olive oil works better)

• 1 onion

  or a couple of spring onions, diced

• 1 garlic clove

  chopped

• 1 tbsp dark soy sauce

• 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar

  (any vinegar will do but I find this is the best)

• 1 tbsp tomato purée

• 125ml cold water

• 1 tbsp cornflour

• 2 tbsp sugar

• ½ x 567g tin chopped pineapple

  (but use all of the juice from the tin for the sauce)

• 1 red pepper

  sliced

• 1 carrot

  sliced into thin strips

For the crispy chicken:

• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts

  chopped into chunks

• 100g cornflour

• 150g plain flour

• 10g baking powder

• pinch of salt and pepper

• iced water

  enough to make a thin batter that will just stick to your finger)

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Method

• step 1

  Firstly in a saucepan heat a tbsp of cooking/olive oil on medium heat. Add the diced onion and let them sweat for a couple of minutes. (While the onions are sweating you can put a separate pan of water on to boil for the rice to cook in.)

• step 2

  Then add to the onions the garlic, soy sauce, vinegar and tomato puree. Keep stirring this mixture.

• step 3

  Mix the corn flour (for the sauce) in the cold water then add to the pan.

• step 4

  Stir in the sugar then add your pepper, carrot and pineapple with the juice from the tin. Bring to the boil then simmer for 10 minutes stirring occasionally.

• step 5

  While the sauce is simmering you can mix up your batter. mix the two flours together and baking powder,gently add iced water, briefly stir- can stay lumpy but do not over stir.

• step 6

  Dip your chicken in the batter and deep fry until a golden brown colour. (cut into one of the chicken pieces to ensure it is cooked thoroughly).

• step 7

  Serve chicken on a plate then pour the sauce over the top.

• step 8

  Serve with rice.

• step 9

  Also try this recipe with either pork, prawns, vegetables or tofu.

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