Sweet & Sour Chicken with Cauliflower Rice
Serves 4 – A healthy alternative to a favourite Chinese dish
Endorsed by My Time for Change by Emma Wilson Fitness
Ingredients:
4 x diced chicken breast
2 brown onions
2 red peppers
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp maple syrup
4 tbsp water
1 cauliflower
500ml vegetable stock
2 eggs
2 tbsp tomato puree
4 spring onions
4 tbsp tamari soy sauce
8 tsp cornflour
80g sugar snap peas
4 tsp coconut oil
Himalayan pink salt
Black pepper
Method:
Boil the kettle
Place the cornflour in a large bowl and add the chicken
Season with salt and pepper and coat the chicken evenly
Heat a large pan with 2 tsp coconut oil on a medium heat
Cook the chicken for 7 minutes until golden
Cut the red pepper, onion and sugar snap peas into bitesize pieces
Thinly slice the spring onions
Add the onion, pepper and sugar snap peas to the chicken and cook for 4 minutes until softened
To make the sweet & sour sauce, mix the tamari, tomato puree, maple syrup, apple cider vinegar and water
Add the sauce to the pan and cook for a further 2-3 mins until the sauce has thickened and the chicken is cooked through
Chop the cauliflower and grind to a rice
Boil cauliflower for 5 minutes in the vegetable stock
Then fry the cauliflower with 2 tsp of coconut oil on a medium heat until warmed through
Add 2 eggs to the pan and chop through the cauliflower as it cooks
Add spring onions and fry for another minute
Serve cauliflower rice and sweet & sour chicken