A chicken dish with a special sweet-and-sour sauce. You’ll want seconds!
Recipes
Sweet and Sour Chicken
Ingredients
- 500 g diced chicken breast
- 2 tablespoons Borges extra virgin olive oil
- 1 red pepper
- 1 green pepper
- 1 medium onion
- 100 g pineapple
For the sauce
- 3 tablespoons Borges white vinegar
- 3 tablespoons ketchup
- 2 tablespoons sugar or honey
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 100 ml water
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch dissolved in 2 tablespoons water
Step by step
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Step 1
In a bowl, mix the white vinegar, ketchup, sugar or honey, soy sauce, and water. Set this mixture aside for the sauce.
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Step 2
Heat the extra virgin olive oil over medium-high heat in a large frying pan or wok. Add the chicken and sauté for 5-6 minutes until golden brown on the outside and almost cooked through. Remove and set aside.
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Step 3
In the same pan, add the diced onion and the julienned peppers. Sauté the vegetables for 3-4 minutes until they are slightly tender but still crunchy. Add the chicken back to the pan and then add in the diced pineapple. Pour in the sauce and mix well.
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Step 4
Add the cornstarch slurry and cook over medium heat for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly, until the sauce thickens and coats all the ingredients.
