Pineapple Chicken


This is delicious Indo-Chinese chicken recipe! The pineapple, bell peppers and the sauces give this chicken the subtle hot and sweet flavour :)

Preparation time - 30 minutes of marination

Cooking time - 20-30 minutes

Ingredients:

Chicken - 1 kg

For marination: 

Soya sauce - 2 tbsp

Rice wine vinegar - 2 tbsp

Salt to taste

For the main preparation:

Onion - 1

Pineapple chunks - 1 cup

Red bell pepper - 1/2 cup

Yellow bell pepper - 1/2 cup

Green bell pepper - 1/2  cup

Soya sauce - 2 1/2 tbsp

Rice wine vinegar - 1 tbsp

Oyster sauce - 2 tbsp

Corn starch - 2 tbsp

Groundnut oil - 2 tbsp

For garnishing:

Green stalks of spring onions




Method:


1. Marinate the chicken with soya sauce and rice wine vinegar. Keep it for 30 minutes.


2. Heat oil in a wok, add the chicken pieces in batches and stir fry till the chicken pieces turn brown       and done. Keep aside.

3. Cut the onion, and the peppers into cubes.

4. In the same wok add oil, add the onion and stir fry till it turns translucent. Add all the peppers and       stir constantly for 3- 4 minutes. Now add the pineapple and cook for 2 minutes stirring.

5.  Add the browned chicken to the mixture and cook for 2-3 minutes.

6. In a vessel take 1/2  a cup of water, to it add all the sauce ingredients along with the cornstarch.

7. Now add the sauce mix  to the chicken and bring to a boil. The sauce will start to thicken, mix well     so that all the chicken and the vegetables are covered with the sauce. Stir for another 2-3 minutes.

8. Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with the green stalks of spring onion. Serve hot with rice or     noodles.

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