Sweet & Sour Chicken Bake

Name: Sweet & Sour Chicken Bake
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: chinese

Better, faster and tastier than a takeaway. This will come together faster than your takeaway order arrives at your door. Sweet and sour sauce is made using mainly cupboard ingredients. It's a great one to whizz up when you need an easy, tasty sauce. Fancy making it your own? Add your favourite vegetables and swap chicken for tofu or paneer.

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Ingredients

red onion 1 (chopped)
bell pepper 1 (chopped)
chicken thighs 600 g (chopped)
cornflour 2 tbsp
pineapple juice 75 ml
ketchup 4 tbsp
honey 2 tbsp
soy sauce 2 tbsp
basmati microwave rice 500 g
sesame seeds to garnish

Method

Preheat the oven & prep the ingredients

Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan.
Chop the red onion and the bell pepper into large chunks. Cut the chicken thighs into bite size pieces.

Prep the sauce & cook the dish

Toss the chicken in the cornflour and season with salt and pepper.
Add the veg and chicken to a large oven tray, drizzle with a dash of oil and bake for 20 minutes.
In bowl combine the pineapple juice, ketchup, honey and soy sauce.
After 15 minutes, pour the sauce on the veg and chicken coating everything. Place the tray back in the oven for another 5 minutes.
Cook the rice according to the packet instructions.

Plate up

Scatter the sesame seeds over the sweet and sour chicken, then plate it up with the rice. Enjoy!

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