Sweet Sour Chicken

When chicken breast is required in a recipe, the Swallow usually buys a whole chicken, remove and set aside the other parts for other dishes, and keep the breast for such use.

SWEET SOUR CHICKEN (serves 4)

Sweet Sour Chicken

Ingredients

2 pieces of chicken breast, about 450g cut into bite-sized pieces
1 large onion, sliced into chunky slices
1 can of pineapple rings in syrup, drained (but keep the syrup) and quartered
Roasted cashew nuts (optional)
Cooking oil
Garnish - spring onion, chopped & red chilli, cut

Marinade

2 tsp corn flour

1/2 tsp light soya sauce

1/2 tsp sugar

Dash of pepper

Sauce

2 tbsp tomato sauce

5 tsp sugar

1 tbsp vinegar

Pinch of salt

2 tsp corn flour

4 tbsp water

A few drops of sesame oil

Dash of pepper

Method

1. Marinate chicken for about 10 minutes.
2. Heat wok with enough oil to shallow-fry the marinated chicken until both sides are golden brown.  Drain.
3. Remove excess oil, leaving only 1 tbsp oil in the wok.  Heat the oil for a while.  Stir-fry the sliced onions until they are fragrant and slightly charred.
4. Add pineapple pieces and the sauce.  Mix well.  Add a little syrup from the can of pineapples if more sauce is preferred.
5. Dish up and sprinkle with cashew nuts.