Sweet & Sour Chicken

Sweet & Sour Chicken

Servings

10

Units

Servings 10 Serves
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Main
Cuisine Chinese
Diet/Texture Contains Fish, Egg free, High Protein
Nutrition %Sugar<20, Calcium <50mg, Energy <1200kJ (286cal), Fibre 3g, Iron <3mg, Potassium >300mg, Protein >25g, Sat Fat <1g, Sodium >200mg
Menu Stir Frys
This Recipe Moderate prep steps, Over 6 ingredients

Ingredients

  • 10 ml Sesame Seed oil
  • 5 g Garlic crushed
  • 5 g Ginger crushed
  • 1 kg Chicken Sliced
  • 200 g Capsicum Sliced
  • 200 g Carrot Sliced
  • 200 g Celery Sliced
  • 100 g Snow peas Sliced
  • 10 g Basil

Sauce

  • 250 ml water
  • 50 g Brown Sugar
  • 60 ml Rice wine vinegar
  • 10 g Cornflour
  • 60 ml Soy sauce
  • 20 g Tomato paste

Fried Noodles

  • 500 g Rice vermicelli noodles
  • 100 ml Oil Shallow frying

Instructions

  • Heat oil in a pan and lightly fry garlic and ginger
  • Add chicken and cook
  • Add sliced up vegetables
  • Add sauce by combining all ingredients in a jug and pour over chicken stirring.
  • To make noodles - fry lightly in oil and drain on absorbent paper

Notes

Nutrition Information Per Serving Size - 260g (chicken + noodles)
Energy 1185kJ (283cal) Protein 27g Fat 4g Sat Fat 1g Poly 1g Mono 2g CHO 46g Sugar 7g Fibre 3g Na 286mg K 517mg Mg 46mg Ca 42mg P 291mg Fe 2mg Zn 1mg B1 0.1mg B2 0.2mg Niacin 14mg B6 0.8mg B12 0.7ug Vit C 25mg Folate 27ug Vit A 361ug (CHO Exchange >3 (3.1) %sugar 15)
Food Safety - Store chicken below 5°C  (41°F) Wash all vegetables
Texture Suitability - Normal
Diet Suitability - General Menu, Egg Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free, Lactose Free
Allergen/Intolerance Conversion - Gluten Free - GF soy sauce and cornflour
Variations - see RC for more stir fry recipes (use beef or pork as meat)  Egg noodles can be used (won't be gluten-free)
Health Tips - Leave the skin on carrots to increase fibre
Notes - This recipe, nutritional analysis and the serving size is a guide only and may vary due to ingredients, equipment and quantity scaling. Scale ingredients to the nearest whole number. Check food labels for allergen/intolerance ingredients.
Store - Coolroom/refrigerator - best served when cooked
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