Sweet & Sour

Name: Sweet & Sour
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive or groundnut oil; 1 tbsp olive or groundnut oil; 1 onion, roughly chopped; 4-6 chicken breasts or pork escalopes, cut into strips; 4-6 chicken breasts or pork escalopes, cut into strips; 1-2 red peppers, roughly chopped; 225 g tinned sliced water chestnuts, drained; 225 g fresh pineapple, cubed; 200 g sugar snap peas or mangetout; 200 g sugar snap peas or mangetout; 100 g toasted cashew nuts; 3 spring onions, sliced; 3 cloves of garlic, grated; 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar; 3 tbsp honey; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp tomato purée (or low or no sugar tomato ketchup); 2 tbsp tomato purée (or low or no sugar tomato ketchup); 2 tbsp tomato purée (or low or no sugar tomato ketchup); 1 tsp cornflour

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

Anna's Family Kitchen

By Anna Stanford

Published 2022

About

Giving this retro takeaway favourite a healthy makeover without compromising on flavour was possibly my greatest culinary challenge to date! My recipe is still tangy but replaces sugar and syrup with fresh pineapple, tomato purée and honey, while the sourness comes from apple cider vinegar.

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive or groundnut oil
1 onion, roughly chopped
4-6

Main course

Method

Mix the ingredients for the sweet and sour sauce together in a bowl. Heat the oil in a pan and cook the onion for 5 minutes.

Add the chicken or pork strips and colour on a high heat for 2 minutes before turning down the heat and adding the peppers. Cook for 5 minutes.

Add the water chestnuts followed by the fresh pineapple, its juices and the sweet and sour sauce.

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