When there are a few days remaining before I jet off to sunny Cape Town for 2weeks of family, friends and festive fun – I tend to start emptying out not only the fridge but also the store cupboard as well. In terms of the start of 2013, I want to be able to come home to a clean (ish) apartment with a fresh take on the inside of my fridge, freezer and cupboards – it isn’t so much as cleaning out and making sure that things don’t go off – but more about starting the new year with a *clean* (ish) slate.
With this in mind, I have a fair amount of bottles of *things* that have a few spoons left in them – including the bottles of sweet chilli sauce and soya sauce… so this was an idea invented by HIM and myself:
Sweet & Sour chicken
4 chicken breasts, diced (no skin or bones)
3 Tablespoons of sweet chilli sauce
3 Tablespoons of soya sauce
splash of oil
squeeze of lemon juice
Fresh ginger (finely sliced)
3 carrots, peeled & sliced (we cut ours into batons)
1 courgette, cubed
- Heat the oil in a hot pan and fry the chicken
- I like to add a squeeze of lemon juice when they are nicely browned – as this acts as a tenderizer and keeps the chicken pieces moist
- Add the carrots and cook for a further 5minutes
- Mix the soya sauce, sweet chilli sauce and ginger together and add to the pan
- add courgette pieces and cook for a further 5minutes (you still want the veggies to be slightly crunchy)
- serve with rice (my preference)
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