Sweet and Sour Chicken with Rice

Name: Sweet and Sour Chicken with Rice
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 0.5 tbsp coconut oil; 0.25 red pepper, de-seeded and sliced into thin strips; 0.5 red onion, sliced into 6 wedges; 2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped; 1x240g skinless chicken breast fillet, sliced into 1cm strips; 4 cherry tomatoes, halved; 100g fresh pineapple, chopped into 2cm chunks; 1 tbsp honey; 2 tbsp red wine vinegar; 250g pre-cooked rice; 1 tbsp light soy sauce; 2 tsp sesame oil; handful of coriander, roughly chopped (optional)

5 steps

Cook:15min

When I was young and my dad cooked dinner, he always used to make this. It was literally the only thing he could cook and I would sulk every time. Not because I don't like sweet and sour but because he used a nasty ready-made jar of sauce. Well, this one is the real deal because the sauce is homemade and is how it should taste. #Decent.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 04:44:22 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories822.7 kcal (41%)

Total Fat23.7 g (34%)

Carbs86.1 g (33%)

Sugars26.8 g (30%)

Protein62.7 g (125%)

Sodium708.7 mg (35%)

Fiber5.3 g (19%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

1 servings

½ Tbspcoconut oil

0.25red pepper

de-seeded and sliced into thin strips

0.5red onion

sliced into 6 wedges

2cloves garlic

roughly chopped

1 x 240gskinless chicken breast fillet

sliced into 1cm strips

4cherry tomatoes

halved

100gfresh pineapple

chopped into 2cm chunks

1 Tbsphoney

2 Tbspred wine vinegar

250grice

pre-cooked

1 Tbsplight soy sauce

2 tspsesame oil

coriander

roughly chopped, optional

Instructions

Step 1

Melt the coconut oil in a large frying pan or wok over a high heat. Add the red pepper, onion and garlic and stir-fry for 1 minute.

Step 2

Chuck in the chicken, tomatoes and pineapple and stir-fry for a further 2 minutes, by which time the chicken should be almost cooked through.

Step 3

Reduce the heat a little and pour in the honey and vinegar (watch yourself, as the steaming vinegar can be pretty intoxicating). Bring the whole lot to a simmer and cook like this for about 2 minutes, or until you are sure the chicken is fully cooked through and the sauce has thickened a little. Check the chicken is cooked by slicing into one of the larger pieces to make sure the meat is white all the way through, with no raw pink bits left.

Step 4

While the chicken is cooking, ping the rice in the microwave, following the packet instructions.

Step 5

Take the chicken off the heat and stir through the soy sauce, sesame oil and coriander, if using. Serve up the rice topped with the tasty sweet and sour chicken.