Tonight I am feeling sorry for myself as I have just been to the dentists, so I am making another one of my favourite comfort foods – something so nice about fried rice with sweet and sour chicken.
Fried Rice
2 cups of cooked, cold white Rice
Soy Sauce
Frozen Peas
2 Eggs
Chinese 5 spice
1tbs Sesame Oil
Spring onions
Method
Heat the sesame oil in a pan and fry the spring onions and peas.
Add 5 spice, soy sauce and rice and cook until the rice is heated thoroughly and everything is mixed.
Whisk the eggs, move all the rice to the side of the pan leaving a hole in the middle,
Add the egg a small amount at a time, and cook until the egg sets, stirring it all the time, then mix it with the rice before adding more rice.
continue until all the rice is cooked.
Fried Chicken in Batter
2 diced fresh chicken breast
110g self raising flour
1 tsp Chinese 5 spice
1 tbs sesame oil
1/4 tsp tumeric
1/4 tsp salt
100ml cold water
Method
You will either need a deep fat fryer for this, or a deep sided frying pan with enough oil in to cover the chicken pieces. Either way be careful, keep watching and don’t start a fire!
Mix all the dry ingredients together, and coat the chicken chunks and put them to one side, keeping all the remaining dry ingredients.
Mix the dry stuff with the oil and the water and mix into a smooth batter. then add the chicken back in a ensure it is thoroughly coated.
Deep fry until golden and the chicken is cooked (you might have to do this in batches)
Sweet and Sour Sauce
1 cup sugar
1 cup vinegar
2 tbs soy sauce
3 cups tomato ketchup
1 small tin pineapple chunks
1/2 tsp chilli flakes
Method
Heat the vinegar, sugar, soy sauce and chilli flakes in a pan until the sugar has desolved – then allow to cool. Add the Tommato ketchup and pineapple chunks (along with the juice) and reheat when you are ready to serve. Taste it and if you want it a bit sweeter add more sugar, if you want more sour add more vinegar and if you want more savoury then add more soy sauce.
Server the rice on the plate, chicken on top and cover with the sweet and sour sauce – then dive in until you are feeling better! 🙂