Quick chicken recipe for 4 people, takes only 15 mins; recipe has tomato ketchup, malt vinegar, muscovado sugar, garlic clove, chicken breast, onion, pepper, pineapple, sugar snap pea and cashew.
Easy sweet & sour chicken
Course: Quick chicken
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
5 mins
Ingredients
- Cashew: handful salted, roasted cashew nuts, optional
- Garlic Clove: 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- Chicken Breast: 4 skinless and boneless chicken breast, cut into chunks
- Onion: 1 small onion, roughly chopped
- Pepper: 2 red peppers, seeded and cut into chunks
- Muscovado Sugar: 4 tbsp dark muscovado sugar
- Pineapple: 227g 8oz can pineapple pieces in juice, drained
- Tomato Ketchup: 9 tbsp tomato ketchup
- Sugar Snap Pea: 100g sugar snap peas, roughly sliced
- Malt Vinegar: 3 tbsp malt vinegar
Directions
- In a large microwaveable dish, mix the ketchup, vinegar, sugar and garlic thoroughly with the chicken, onion and peppers. Microwave, uncovered, on High for 8-10 minutes until the chicken is starting to cook and the sauce is sizzling.
- Stir in the pineapple pieces and sugar snap peas and return to the microwave for another 3-5 minutes until the chicken is completely cooked. Leave to stand for a few minutes, then stir in the cashews, if using, and serve.
