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Friday, August 2, 2013

Sweet and Sour Chicken


200 gms boneless chicken
½ cup of tomato paste
½ cup Chicken stock
2 tblsp vinegar
2 tblsp sugar
1 ½  tsp salt
½ tsp black pepper powder
2 tblsp corn starch
1 tblsp soy sauce
2 spring onions
1 tblsp oil

Wash and dice the chicken. To the chicken add in ½ tsp salt , 1 tblsp cornstarch, 1 tblsp soy sauce. Cover and let sit for half an hour. Dice the spring onions. In a bowl mix together the tomato paste, vinegar, sugar and chicken stock,

Heat the oil. fry the onion and the white stem parts of the spring onion. Add in the marinated chicken and toss till it turns light brown and opaque. Add in the sauce as mixed in the bowl. Cover and cook for 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Mix  1 tblsp corntstarch with 2 tblsp water and add to the chicken. Stir till the sauce thickens. Add the spring onion greens just before serving. Serve with Fried Rice.

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