Healthy Sweet and Sour Chicken
Imagine a colourful plate filled with tender pieces of chicken, coated in a delicious sweet and sour sauce. The chicken is cooked to perfection, lightly browned and crispy on the outside while remaining juicy and tender on the inside. The sauce is tangy, slightly sweet, and packed with flavour.
Nutrients
Per serving
Steps
Spray a large heavy based saucepan with the olive oil and put on stove top on a medium heat
Lightly brown the onion and chicken together in the pan
Add the pineapple and juice, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar and stock and bring to the boil
Add the vegetables and cover with the lid, reduce to simmer for 30 -45 minutes until chicken is cooked through
If there is still liquid in the pan, remove the chicken and vegetables and boil the liquid until reduced
Serve with rice and chopped coriander on top
Ingredients
| 500g | Skinless chicken thighs cut into equal bite size pieces |
| 2 | Large red onions finely sliced |
| 2 | Carrots sliced evenly |
| 1 | Red capsicum sliced thickly |
| 2 | Zucchinis sliced thickly |
| 250ml | Chicken stock |
| 400g | Pineapple pieces in natural juice undrained |
| 2 tbs | Vinegar |
| 2 tbs | Soy sauce |
| 1 tbs | Brown sugar |
| 1 | Spray olive oil |
| 200g | Rice |
| 1 | Coriander chopped |
