Photo: Lily Banse
Sweet & sour chicken
13 ingredients
20 min + 45 min
Serves 4
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Try an authentic version of this classic Chinese takeaway dish, with natural sweetness and a warm chilli flavour to spice things up
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1321
Calories
56g
Protein
33g
Fat
193g
Carbs
Counts 11 of 14 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Sunflower | 1 oz (28g) hulled | 165 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Pineapple | 1 cup chunks (165g) | 82 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Chili | 1 tsp (2.7g) | 8 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Star Anise | not in our table | 0 |
| Tamarind | 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
- sunflower or vegetable oil , for frying
- 100ml soda water , chilled
- 140g self-raising flour
- 25g cornflour
- 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts , cut into chunks
- spring onions , finely shredded, to serve
- 1 red pepper , deseeded and chopped into chunks
- 3 red chillies , 1 cut into chunks, 2 halved and deseeded
- 425g can pineapple chunks, drained and juice reserved
- 4 star anise
- 50g tamarind paste
- 100g caster sugar
- 100ml rice wine vinegar or Chinese vinegar
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
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