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Easy Sweet & Sour Plant-based Chick'n
You'll love this easy dinner, which only takes 10 minutes to prep. You'll coat plant-based chick'n pieces and vibrant pak choi with a homemade sweet & sour sauce. Brown rice, crunchy mangetout and sesame seeds complete the dish.
Prep in 10
High protein
1/3 daily fibre
7 plants
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar (Rice Vinegar, Salt)
- 2 carrot
- 1 tsp sesame seeds (Sesame)
- 1 onion
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 160g mangetout
- 200g brown rice (100% Brown Rice)
- 1 tbsp tamari (Soya) (water, soybeans, salt, spirit vinegar)
- 4 tbsp tomato ketchup (Water, Tomato Puree, Coconut Palm Sugar, Spirit vinegar, Cornflour, Salt (Anti-caking Agent), Onion Powder, Cinnamon ground, Cayenne pepper ground)
- 2 pak choi
- 1 tbsp maple syrup (maple syrup(100%))
- 320g plant-based chick'n pieces (Soya) (water, soy protein concentrate, extra virgin olive oil, salt, natural flavouring, spices, vitamin B12)
- 140g tinned pineapple (pineapple, pineapple juice)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 444
Protein: 22g
Carbs: 67g
Fat: 7.8g
Easy Sweet & Sour Plant-based Chick'n
You'll love this easy dinner, which only takes 10 minutes to prep. You'll coat plant-based chick'n pieces and vibrant pak choi with a homemade sweet & sour sauce. Brown rice, crunchy mangetout and sesame seeds complete the dish.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Bring a large saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
- Pull out a large frying pan, sieve, a measuring jug & a small bowl
Get the rice on
- Add the rice to the saucepan and boil for 25-30 mins, until cooked, then drain
Make the sweet & sour sauce
- Drain the pineapple, reserving 100ml of the juice
- Add the pineapple juice, ketchup, tamari, cornflour, maple syrup and vinegar to the small bowl and mix well
Get sizzlin'
- Dice the onion into 3cm chunks. Cut the carrots into 1cm half-moons. Cut the pak choi into bite-sized pieces
- Heat the large frying pan with 1 tbsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the chick'n and cook for 4-5 mins, until browned
Sauce time
- Add the onion, carrot, pak choi and pineapple chunks to the pan and cook for another 4-5 mins, until the veg has softened
- Pour over the sweet & sour sauce and toss to coat the veg and chick'n. Add the mangetout and simmer for 2-3 mins, until thickened. Season with salt and pepper
Plate up
- Serve the rice into bowls, topped with the sweet & sour chick'n and veg. Sprinkle over the sesame seeds
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