Sweet & Sour Chicken With Fried Rice

~Recipe Credit: Mummy Bobat~

Ingredients

Rice:

  • 1 1/2 cups rice (washed & soaked for 30 mins)
  • 3 tsp salt
  • 3/4 medium onion (chopped)
  • 2 tbsps oil
  • Big knob of butter
  • 1 1/2 cup mixed vegetable
  • 1 tsp garlic
  • 1 tsp red chilli flakes
  • 3 tbsps soya sauce
  • 1 tsp msg

Chicken:

  • 500g boneless chicken (cut into strips)
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp soya sauce
  • 1 small egg (beaten)
  • 1 tbsp corn flour
  • 4 tbsps water
  • 2 tbsps oil
  • Onion (finely chopped)
  • 1 green chilli
  • 1 green pepper (roughly cubed)

Sauce:

  • 5 tbsps sugar
  • 4 tbsps vinegar
  • 2 tbsps corn flour
  • 2 tbsps soya sauce
  • Red chilli powder to taste
  • 2-3 tbsps tomato sauce
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tbsps orange juice
  • 1/2 tbsp Worcester sauce
  • 1 tbsps tomato puree

Method

  1. Recite Bismillah.
  2. Marinate chicken in salt & soy sauce for at least 30 mins.
  3. Meanwhile fill the pot with enough water to cover the rice.
  4. Add salt & allow to boil till full cooked (approx 8 mins)
  5. Cook onions in oil & butter till transparent.
  6. Then add mixed veg & cook till tender.
  7. Now add garlic, red chilli flakes & soy sauce. Cook for few mins.
  8. Add the rice & mix well.
  9. Then add the MSG, mix well & cook for few mins. Turn off heat.
  10. For the chicken mix together the corn flour, egg & water. Add to the chicken.
  11. Fry chicken in very hot oil for 3 1/2 mins or till chicken is fully cooked. Drain & set aside.
  12. Prepare sauce by mixing all the ingredients together in a bowl.
  13. Heat oil in a pot. Cook onions till transparent.
  14. Add the green chilli & green pepper & Cook for few mins.
  15. Now add the sauce & allow to simmer on low heat.
  16. Keep stirring till the sauce thickens.
  17. Add the chicken & cook till thick. Serve with rice. Enjoy!

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