Sweet & Sour Chicken
Oil (Vegetable, sunflower, groundnut or rapeseed)
For The Battered Chicken
2 Chicken Breasts
2 Tbsp Soy Sauce
3 Tbsp Cornflour
For The Sauce
1 Onion
2 Bell Peppers
1 Tsp Cornflour
1 Tin Chopped Pineapple (In juice or syrup)
2 Tbsp Rice Vinegar
4 tbsp Ketchup
2 Tbsp Oyster Sauce
1 tbsp honey
1 Tsp Garlic Paste / Crushed Garlic

 

Cut the chicken breast into bite-sized pieces
Mix with soy sauce and put in the fridge to chill whilst you make the sauce
Roughly chop the peppers and onions into bite-sized pieces
Heat 1 tsp oil in a large, non-stick pan
Add the peppers and onions and fry on medium heat for a couple of minutes
Add 1 tsp of cornflour and stir to coat the chicken and peppers
Then add the tinned pineapple and juice - stir
Next, add the ketchup, rice vinegar, oyster sauce and garlic paste
Stir to coat and bring to a simmer
Taste - then decide if you want to add 1 or 2 tbsp of honey, depending how sweet you like your sauce
Simmer for a couple of minutes then remove from the heat and set aside
Take the chicken out of the fridge, and place the marinated chicken in a bowl of 3 tbsp cornflour
Toss the chicken until coated - if you need to add more cornflour, do so
Heat a large, non-stick pan with oil - until the pan has a shallow layer of oil
Heat to a medium, then add the coated chicken
Cook the chicken for 5 minutes on each side - or until the batter is crisp and meat white inside
Remove the chicken from the oil and drain any excess oil on a piece of kitchen roll
Add the cooked chicken to the prepared sweet & sour sauce and serve with your favourite sides