Sweet & Spicy Chicken
Serves 4
Sweet & Spicy Chicken
Oil for deep frying
500g chicken thigh fillets cut into bite size pieces
BATTER MIX
1/3 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup corn flour
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup cold water
Mix all the batter mix ingredients into a bowl. Add chicken pieces, mix well. Set aside for later.
SAUCE
1 tbs peanut oil
1 brown onion cut into wedges
1 red capsicum chopped
1 clove garlic finely chopped
1 red chilli finely sliced
1 large carrot finely sliced
200g pineapple pieces
2 tbs pineapple juice
2 tbs sugar
3 tbs light soy sauce
2 tbs Chinese wine
3 tbs tomato sauce
1 tbs corn flour diluted in 1/2 cup cold water
Nuts & Bolts
1. In a large frying pan on medium - high heat add oil, onion, garlic, chilli and capsicum, cook for 2 minutes.
2. Add carrot and pineapple pieces, cook for 1 minute.
3. Whilst the sauce is cooking place cooking oil for deep frying in a lager pot on medium - high heat. Once oil reaches cooking temperature book chicken pieces in batches. Once all cooked set aside on some paper towel and keep warm.
4. Back to sauce : add sugar, pineapple juice, light soy sauce, Chinese wine, and tomato sauce. Mix well. Reduce heat to medium - low. Add the corn flour to the 1/2 cup of water and mix well, add this to the sauce. Cook for 2 minutes or until the sauce has thickened.
5. Add cooked chicken pieces and mix through.
Ready to serve
Calories per serving : 445
I live in Adelaide (Australia) with my husband, my two adorable Norwegian cats ( Zeus and Zena ), a chicken, and a pigeon who now also thinks that he is a chicken! My ancestry is French so it goes without saying that my favourite place is Paris. The food, culture and atmosphere of Paris is nothing short of amazing.
I am a self taught home cook who loves big flavours in food. My passion for food surfaced when I was 10 years old, watching TV chef Ian Hewitson and learning different techniques. Since then, the food of Adrian Richardson and Jamie Oliver has been my inspiration. I love how one can create a healthy full flavoured meal from just the simplest of ingredients. I especially love chilli and garlic and use them in most of my food.
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