Sweet And Sour Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 250 -300 g chicken or 250 -300 g lean lamb
• 2 teaspoons brandy or 2 teaspoons whiskey
• vegetable oil (for deep frying)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 tablespoons plain flour
• salt and pepper
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, these are for the sauce
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 1/2 green bell pepper, cored, seeded and chopped
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon tomato puree
• 4 tablespoons stock or 4 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch paste (cornflour)

Recipe

• 1 cut the chicken into small chunks and marinate in a dish with the salt, pepper and brandy, for 25/30 minutes.
• 2 coat the chicken in the beaten egg, add the flour, turning to coat all sides of chicken. deep fry for a few minutes. when cooked set aside.
• 3 sauce.
• 4 heat the oil in a wok, add the veg and stir fry, season, add tomato and stock. boil and thicken with the cornstarch.
• 5 when cooked and thick add the chicken and mix thorouly.
• 6 serve with rice.