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Sweet & sour chicken
Photo: Lily Banse

Sweet & sour chicken

14 ingredients 20 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Sweet & sour chicken

This homemade sweet and sour sauce is so much better than a takeaway. Great with rice or noodles

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

410
Calories
33g
Protein
18g
Fat
23g
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
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Sesame 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Sunflower Oil 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

  • 2-3 large skinless, boneless chicken breasts , (about 400g/14oz total weight)
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • groundnut or sunflower oil , for deep frying, plus extra for stir-frying
  • tempura batter (see below)
  • 1 small red pepper , cored, deseeded and roughly chopped
  • 1 medium carrot , sliced thinly on the diagonal
  • 2 fat garlic cloves , chopped
  • 2 tsp finely chopped fresh root ginger
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 3 tbsp sherry
  • 1 tbsp light soft brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cornflour

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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