Heavenly Tender Hoisin Chicken - a quick simple dish that is ready in less than 20 minutes and can be cooked in an Actifry or on the Stove Top.
I love Hoisin Sauce, but most sauces are around 2.5 syns for a tablespoon and that isn’t going to stretch very far when you like lots of sauce with your rice or noodles. Hoisin sauce can be pretty strong in flavour, so a great way to make the sauce go that little bit further while still keeping the syns low is to mix some with some passata or crushed tomatoes, a little garlic and some water.
You still get that lovely hoisin taste and the chicken is super tender and delicious, because you literally just brown the chicken in the pan, remove, add the sauce, simmer till thickened and back goes in the chicken until cooked.
Perfect served with just some plain rice or noodles and vegetables. Or if you prefer to create more of a fakeaway style dish, then try this with my AMAZING Egg Fried Rice.
If you own a Tefal Actifry, you will be pleased to know you this Hoisin Chicken can be cooked in that as well as Stove Top. The added bonus of course about the Actifry is that you don't need to rotate the chicken to get an even browning, the actifry does it all for you.
The Actifry is a great option for foods that you would usually be deep fried. Perfect Syn Free Chips and I love cooking my sausages for breakfast in mine too, it means they get a nice even colour.
We have the Tefal Actifry 1.7kg family size, because being a family of 4, we need that extra capacity.
- Chicken Chop Suey
- Syn Free Chinese Chicken Curry
- Beef with Mushrooms in Oyster Sauce
- Chinese Lemon Chicken
- Low Syn Sweet Chilli Beef
- Low Syn Chinese Pork
- Chicken Fried Rice
- Actifry Sweet and Sour Chicken
- Chicken and Vegetable Spring Rolls
and if you need more recipe ideas – Head on over to my FULL RECIPE INDEX where you will find over 500+ delicious Slimming World recipes to choose from and all are searchable by syn value, meal type, ingredients etc.
HOW CAN I ADD A ⅓ SPEED FOODS TO THIS HOISIN CHICKEN
I went for some stir-fried veggies – onions, carrots, baby corn, peppers, mushrooms, but you can really choose any vegetables you like to go with this. You could even make this Roasted Cauliflower Rice which is delicious and one of my favourite sides when following a Slimming World SP day.
WHAT KITCHEN ITEMS DO I NEED TO MAKE THIS HOISIN CHICKEN?
LET’S CONNECT!
Find me ON FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | PINTEREST | TWITTER | and YOUTUBE, don’t forget come follow me TO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP UP TO DATE ON ALL NEW RECIPES 🙂
You can also subscribe to Slimming Eats to keep up to date on all new recipes.
IF YOU TRY THIS RECIPE, LET US KNOW! LEAVE A COMMENT, RATE IT AND TAG US IN YOUR PHOTOS @SLIMMINGEATS ON INSTAGRAM
Hoisin Chicken (Actifry or Stove top) | Slimming World
Prep
Cook
Total
Yield 3 servings
This recipe is gluten free, dairy free, Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly
- Extra Easy - 2.5 syns per serving
- Original/SP - 2.5 syns per serving
- WW Smart Points - 1 per serving
- Gluten Free - use a gluten free Hoisin Sauce
*suitable for freezing
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts (500g/17.5oz), sliced into bitesize pieces
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 3 tbs of Hoisin Sauce (7.5 syns)
- ¼ cup (60 ml) of passata (crushed tomatoes)
- ¼ cup (60 ml) of water
- cooking oil spray
- 3 spring onions, finely sliced
- salt and black pepper
Instructions
Stove Top:
- Mix together the garlic, hoisin sauce, passata and water
- Spray a frying pan over a medium high heat with cooking oil spray.
- Add the chicken and frying until lightly golden on all sides. Season with salt and black pepper.
- Remove from pan and set aside.
- Add the sauce and bring to a boil, so that it reduces and thickens slightly.
- Add back in the chicken pieces and toss until nicely coated in the sauce and cooked through.
- Sprinkle with chopped spring onions and your choice of sides.
Actifry:
- Mix together the garlic, hoisin sauce, passata and water
- Spray the pan of the actifry with cooking oil spray.
- Add the chicken pieces and cook in the actifry for 8 mins until lightly golden, season with salt and black pepper and remove and set aside.
- Add the sauce ingredients to the actifry and cook for 3 mins.
- Add back in the chicken and cook for an additional 3 mins until cooked through.
- Sprinkle with chopped spring onions and your choice of sides.
Notes
Variation: try swapping the chicken for pork.
If you wish to share this recipe, then please do so by using the share buttons provided. Do not screenshot or post recipe or content in full
Nutritional information is an estimate and is to be used for informational purposes only. Ingredients can vary greatly from brand to brand and therefore it would be impossible to give accurate information.
All images and content on Slimming Eats are copyright protected.
Check Legal section, for Full Disclaimer, Disclosure and Privacy Policy.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 serving
Amount Per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|
Calories 225 | ||
% Daily Value | ||
Total Fat 2.8 g | 4% | |
Saturated Fat 0.1 g | 1% | |
Cholesterol 95 mg | 32% | |
Sodium 403 mg | 17% | |
Total Carbohydrates 10.3 g | 3% | |
Dietary Fiber 1.2 g | 5% | |
Sugars 5.5 g | ||
Protein 39.2 g | 78% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Highly recommend trying this recipe, it is delicious
Bloody lovely!! Does not taste 'diet ' at all. I recommend letting the sauce cook down to make it coat chicken better. You can do this with chicken back in sauce. It doesn't make chicken dry.
One of my favourites! Love it as does my son xxxx
This is one of our favourite meals it's lovely!
Absolutely loved this recipe I have now cooked it two or three times and always goes down very well with whoever I serve it to.
Think this is my no.1 recipe using chicken thighs! Thanks! So so tasty, had it with wild basmati rice, leftover veg. Another time, will cook some halved mishrooms when browning this chicken and have with the basmati. Very quick to cook too.
Gotta love quick tasty meals like this right? It really would go well with any side. Thanks so much for commenting
Hi, just wondering, if I cook this in my actifry should I leave the paddle in or take it out? Thanks x
Really enjoyed this as did the family including my 17 year old son - thank you! It will be cooked again.
Wow we had this tonight , my very hard to please husband just loved it , a definite winner , be on our regular menu , so quick but tasty , I added crispy onions and some crushed chilli
Hi .. if I cook this in the ActiFry do I take the paddle out while cooking the chicken ?
Thanks x
Family loved this. Easy to make. Definitely making it again.
When using actifry do you leave paddle in ...if ypu take it out does the sauce get through the hole ...please..i havnt used it only for chips .
Thankyou lynda
yes leave the paddle in as it will rotate the chicken for even cooking, the sauce will be pushed over the top of the paddle as it cooks.