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SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN WITH EASY FRIED RICE

You can’t go past this crowd-pleasing combo – a fave at every local Chinese restaurant – for a quick, easy and yummy family meal!

SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN WITH EASY FRIED RICE

Preparation time 15 mins

Cooking time 20 mins

Serves 4

1/3 cup plain flour

1 free-range egg, lightly beaten

1/4 cup water

500g chicken thigh fillets, cut into 1.5cm strips

Vegetable oil, for shallow-frying

1 red onion, roughly chopped

1 green capsicum, cut into 2cm chunks

2 stalks celery, trimmed, cut into 2cm chunks

1 carrot, halved, thickly sliced

1 Tbsp cornflour

1 cup chicken stock

1/4 cup white vinegar

1 Tbsp soy sauce

2 Tbsp honey 1/2 pineapple, peeled, cored, cut into 5cm chunks

EASY FRIED RICE

2 Tbsp vegetable oil

4 free-range eggs, lightly beaten

2 tsp sesame oil

3cm ginger, cut into matchsticks

2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced

3/4 cup frozen peas

2 x 250g packets microwave

brown rice 2 Tbsp kecap manis (sweet soy)