Asian chicken sweet and sour

AUTHOR
Kelley Price
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 5
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 3 Chicken breasts on bone (approx. 300 g each)
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Soy sauce
  • 3 TABLESPOONS sweet soy sauce
  • 6 TABLESPOONS Sherry (fino)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Chinese spice
  • 1 knife tip Ginger powder
  • 1/2 TEASPOON Curry
  • 7-10 Tbsp white pepper
  • 25 g dried china morels
  • 250 g Carrots
  • 375 g Leeks (leek)
  • 1 can(s) (580 ml) Bamboo Shoots
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Cashew nuts
  • 1 coated tablespoon of cornflour

Directions

  1. 1

    Remove chicken fillets from skin and bone. Cut meat into strips. Mix well 1 tablespoon of oil, soy sauce, sherry and spices. Pour over the chicken, cover and leave in the fridge for approx. 1 hour.

  2. 2

    Pour hot water over the morels and leave to swell for 1 hour (or see package instructions). Peel and wash carrots. Clean and wash the leek. Drain the bamboo. Cut vegetables into strips.

  3. 3

    Drain the chicken and catch the marinade. Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a large pan. Fry the meat in portions on all sides for about 2 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the pan. Add the vegetables to the pan and fry for approx. 5 minutes.

  4. 4

    Stir constantly. Take it out. Roast the cashew nuts in a pan without fat until golden brown. Mix all ingredients in the pan. Drain and add the morels. Mix the marinade with about 1/4 litre of water and pour into the pan.

  5. 5

    Bring everything to the boil again briefly. Stir the starch in a little cold water until smooth and thicken the sauce. Season to taste. Rice tastes good with it.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
470 kcal
CARBS
18 g
FATS
24 g
PROTEINS
42 g

Categories & Tags

BeveragesNon-alcoholic