Sweet `n` sour chicken with rice Chinese style less than 500 calories

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Sweet `n` sour chicken with rice Chinese style less than 500 calories - This homemade recipe tastes even better than takeout. The chicken is pan-fried with bell peppers and pineapple for a fresh, Chinese-inspired dinner. The recipe nails the combination of sweet and sour flavors. It's tangy and sweet, but also tart and bold. Best of all, it's easy to make at home!

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It's also much lighter than the batter-fried Sweet and Sour Chicken served by many Chinese restaurants.

You can have Sweet `n` sour chicken with rice Chinese style less than 500 calories using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients make Sweet `n` sour chicken with rice Chinese style less than 500 calories

1. Prepare 150 ml hot water.
2. Prepare 1 knorr vegetable cube.
3. It's 10 ml dark soy sauce.
4. Prepare 30 ml cider vinegar.
5. It's 1 dash white pepper.
6. It's 6 grams cornflour.
7. It's 30 grams tomato puree.
8. You need 1 tbsp light sauce sauce.
9. Prepare 2 grams sweetener or sugar if not counting calories.
10. Prepare 170 grams bell peppers of you choice.
11. It's 48 grams or less red or white chopped onion, better with spring onion but I used red..
12. Prepare 5 grams chopped raw garlic.
13. It's 100 grams raw chicken breasts or pork diced.
14. You need 1/2 tsp toasted sesame oil great for Chinese but any oil can be used.
15. It's 60 grams Rice. I use tesco easy cook long & wild rice.

Sweet `n` sour chicken with rice Chinese style less than 500 calories step by step

1. Add veg cube to hot water in a medium size jug.
2. Add the following to the water & veg cube & mix with a fork until well blended..
3. Put rice on as per instructions..
4. When rice is nearly cooked, put the oil in a wok or pan & heat then add the chicken and keep turning over to avoid sticking. Keep doing this until cooked. About 3-4 minutes, then add the garlic, onions & peppers..
5. Keep on low to medium & keep stirring until all cooked thru & peppers are slightly crunchy. About 3-5 minutes..
6. Add, the sauce, stir if necessary before adding and keep stirring making sure everything is coated until the sauce thickens. Then turn heat to low to keep it warm while you drain & plate your rice..
7. Pour the sweet `n` sour over the rice & enjoy..

Sweet `n` sour chicken with rice Chinese style less than 500 calories - This recipe was not what I was expecting - it didn't taste anything like sweet & sour chicken. It reminded me of an Asian bottle marinade that we use. All you could taste was soy sauce and it wasn't even sweet or sour for that matter. The color was not appealing either it was almost black (like soy sauce) when it came out of the oven. Serve this baked sweet and sour chicken over rice. To keep it a bit healthier, serve with brown rice instead of white and a side of vegetables. I like to serve this with broccoli, but a nice mix of Chinese vegetables would taste delicious too. Thank you and good luck