Homemade Sweet and Sour Chicken/Pork
Ingredients
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325 g Chicken (or Pork)
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4-5 medium tomatoes
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2 sweet peppers
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1 small tin of pinapple chunks
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2 cm root ginger, grated
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4 tablespoons veg oil
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1 large onion finely chopped
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salt
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3 tablespoons soy sauce
For the sauce
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3 tablespoons vinegar
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3 tablespoons sugar
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2 tablespoons soy sauce
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2 tablespoons cornflour
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2 tablespoons tomato puree
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3-6tablespoons orange juice
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125 ml (1/4 pint) pineapple syrup (from the tin)
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125 ml (1/4 pint) water
How to cook
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Mix sauce ingredients in a bowl until well blended
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Cut chicken (or pork) into 2 cm cubes
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Cut tomatoes into quarters and peppers into thin slices
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Drain and save pinapple syrup from the tin
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Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a pan and stir fry the chicken
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Add the onion and ginger for 3 mins
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Add salt pepper and soya sauce and continue frying for 4 mins
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Meanwhile prepare the sauce: add the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil, pineapple and tomatoes and cook for 3 mins
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Pour on sauce mixture and stir (important!) until is thickens and becomes translucent (that means see-through Leah)
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Pour mixture over chicken/pork and peppers etc and heat together for 1 min.