Photo: Lily Banse
Ken Hom’s sweet & sour chicken recipe
19 ingredients
25 min + 15 min
2 people
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An absolute classic, perfected by legendary chef Ken Hom.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
834
Calories
52g
Protein
8g
Fat
136g
Carbs
Counts 17 of 20 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 17 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Pineapple | 1 cup chunks (165g) | 82 |
| Oyster | 6 medium (84g) | 81 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bell Pepper | 1 medium (119g) | 31 |
| Plum | 1 medium (66g) | 30 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Soy Sauce | 1 tbsp (15ml) | 9 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Rapeseed Oil | not in our table | 0 |
| Sauce | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 200 sliced chicken breast
- g rapeseed oil
- 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- tbsp finely chopped ginger
- 2 grated orange zest
- 2 grated lemon zest
- tsp diced onion or shallots
- 1 a red and ½ a green pepper diced
- tsp diced pineapple
- 1 granulated sugar
- tsp tomato ketchup
- 100 heaped tbsp plum sauce
- g oyster sauce
- 0.5 chilli sauce or freshly chopped red chilli
- 50 soy sauce
- g rice wine vinegar
- 1.5 freshly squeezed lemon juice
- tbsp chicken stock cube diluted in 125g hot water
- 1 cornflour diluted with 1 tbsp of water
Directions
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