Healthy Sweet & Sour Chicken with Vegetarian Tofu Option
Refined Sugar Free Sweet and Sour Chicken with Tofu option. Sweet and tangy pineapple, red and yellow peppers, and fresh ginger.
Ingredients
- 3 chicken breasts/1 pack tofu
- 4 tablespoons cornflour
- 1 egg
- Splash rapeseed oil for frying
- ½ pineapple
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- ½ thumb size ginger
- 1 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon tomato puree
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 yellow bell pepper
- 1 large Spanish onion
- 2 tablespoons Sesame seeds
- 2 spring onions
- Cooked brown rice
Method
- Pre-heat oven to 160ºC.
- Cut the chicken breasts/tofu into bite sized chunks then place into a freezer bag along with the cornflour. Give the bag a good shake to ensure that each piece is fully coated.
- Whisk the egg, then heat the rapeseed oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Dip each piece of chicken/tofu into the egg then place in the frying pan and fry until golden both sides. This only takes about a minute both sides.
- Transfer the chicken/tofu onto a baking tray and bake for 20 minutes while you make the sauce.
- Add all of the sauce ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
- Roughly chop the peppers and onion and heat a little extra rapeseed oil in a large pan. Gently fry the vegetables until the onions taste sweet. Pour in the sauce and bring to a bubble, reduce the heat, then cover the pot with a lid and simmer stirring occasionally until the garlic and ginger and cooked. This should take around 15 minutes.
- Place the chicken/tofu back into the sauce and give it a good stir.
- To serve, sprinkle over the sesame seeds and finely chopped spring onions and serve with a side of rice.
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