Sweet and Sour Chicken

Name: Sweet and Sour Chicken
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 1 tbsp rapeseed oil; 3 chicken fillets, cut into chunks; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 onion, thinly sliced; 2 red peppers, cut into chunks; 1 × 400 g tin of chopped tomatoes; 4 tbsp light muscovado sugar; 2 tbsp soy and ginger sauce; 2 tbsp soy and ginger sauce; 2 tbsp apple cider or balsamic vinegar; 2 tbsp apple cider or balsamic vinegar; 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce; 1 tbsp cornflour mixed with 1 tbsp water; 1 tbsp cornflour mixed with 1 tbsp water; 1 small ripe pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into cubes; 100 g sugar snap peas, sliced; 2 spring onions, finely sliced; 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds; 200 g basmati rice; a small knob of butter

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

Neven Maguire's Midweek Meals

By Neven Maguire

Published 2020

About

Don’t call the takeaway – cook your own sweet and sour chicken using lots of veg and a fresh pineapple. Swap the chicken for pork or prawns if you prefer. Use this method to cook basmati rice and get perfect, fluffy results every time.

Ingredients

1 tbsp rapeseed oil
3 chicken fillets, cut into chunks
2 garlic cloves, crushed

Main course

Method

Heat the oil in a sauté pan over a medium heat and cook the chicken cubes for 3-4 minutes, until just starting to colour. Stir in the garlic and cook for 20 seconds, then tip in the onion and peppers and sauté for another minute or two.

Add the tomatoes along with the sugar, soy and ginger sauce, vinegar and sweet chilli sauce. Bring to a simmer, then cover with a lid and simmer for 5 m