Sweet and Sour Chicken

Slimming Eats Recipe

Serves 2

Extra Easy – approx 2 syns per serving

Original – approx 2 syns per serving

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts, with all fat and skin removed, chopped into bite size pieces

1 small red onion, halved and sliced

1 red pepper, sliced

handful of green beans

1 clove of garlic, crushed

1 teaspoon of freshly grated ginger

1 tsp of coriander

1 tsp paprika

3 tablespoons of light soy sauce

2 tablespoons of juice from a lemon

1 tablespoon of rice wine vinegar

1 tablespoon of sweetener

1 tablespoon of cornstarch (3.5 syns)

salt and pepper

Frylight or Pam Spray

 

Method

Spray a wok or frying pan  with Frylight/Pam spray.

Add the onion, garlic, ginger, paprika and coriander and cook for a couple of mins. Add the chicken and cook until browned. Add in the vegetables and cook for a couple more mins.

In a bowl, mix together the soy sauce, vinegar, lemon juice, sweetener and cornstarch.

Add the sauce to the wok or frying pan and simmer gently until the sauce thickens.

Season with salt and pepper and serve with steamed jasmine (or similar) rice.

Filed under: chicken, main course