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Sweet & sour chicken & veg
Photo: Lily Banse

Sweet & sour chicken & veg

11 ingredients 20 min + 20 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Sweet & sour chicken & veg

A trusty takeaway favourite just got superhealthy. Make ahead and freeze for Friday!

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

774
Calories
43g
Protein
20g
Fat
111g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Pineapple 1 cup chunks (165g) 82
Corn 1/2 cup kernels (82g) 77
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bell Pepper 1 medium (119g) 31
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Malt 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

  • 425g can pineapple chunks, drained, juice reserved
  • 2 tbsp each tomato ketchup , malt vinegar and cornflour
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 onion , chopped
  • 1 red chilli , deseeded and sliced
  • 1 red and green pepper , chopped
  • 2 carrots , sliced on the diagonal
  • 2 skinless chicken breasts , thinly sliced
  • 125g packs baby corn , sliced lengthways
  • 2 tomatoes , quartered
  • cooked rice , to serve

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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