Sweet & Sour & Spicy Chicken

Name: Sweet & Sour & Spicy Chicken
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 300 g Chicken Fillets; Salt & Pepper; 2 tablespoons Potato Starch Flour; 1-2 tablespoons Oil; 1 Spring Onion *finely chopped; Shichimi (Japanese Chilli Spice Mix) OR Fresh Chilli; <Sauce Ingredients>; 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce; 1 tablespoon Sugar; 1 tablespoon Rice Vinegar; 1 teaspoon Grated Garlic; 1 teaspoon Grated Ginger; 1-2 teaspoons Toban Djan (Chili Bean Sauce) *OR Fresh Chilli

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

Melbourne, Australia

Everyone loves ‘Sweet & Sour Chicken/Pork’. I simply wanted to make the dish spicy! I usually don’t have fresh chilli, but a jar of Toban Djan (Chili Bean Sauce) is sitting in the fridge for always, so I added it to the ordinary sweet & sour chicken. This dish is now everyone’s favourite!

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

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Ingredients

2 servings

300 gChicken Fillets
Salt & Pepper
2 tablespoonsPotato Starch Flour
1-2 tablespoonsOil
1Spring Onion *finely chopped
Shichimi (Japanese Chilli Spice Mix) OR Fresh Chilli
<Sauce Ingredients>
1 tablespoonSoy Sauce
1 tablespoonSugar
1 tablespoonRice Vinegar
1 teaspoonGrated Garlic
1 teaspoonGrated Ginger
1-2 teaspoonsToban Djan (Chili Bean Sauce) *OR Fresh Chilli

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Steps

1

Combine all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
2

Cut Chicken Fillets into 3-4cm size pieces, season with Salt & Pepper, then coat with Potato Starch Flour. This layer of flour will turn to jelly-like when combined with sauce. Please make sure the Chicken pieces are well coated.
3

Heat Oil in a frying pan over medium heat and cook Chicken. When Chicken pieces are cooked, using paper towel remove excess oil in the pan, then add sauce and combine all well.
4

Sprinkle with finely chopped Spring Onions and Shichimi (Japanese Chilli Spice Mix) and serve.