What is Hong Kong style chicken

Ingredients

For deep frying

• 600ml vegetable oil, for a 6.5 inch saucepan we used 600ml of oil, alternatively use a smaller saucepan. You want about an inch of oil in the bottom of the pan.

For the chicken

• 1 breast chicken, cut into 1.5 inch strips
• Salt
• White Pepper, to taste
• 1/2 egg, beaten
• 40g potato starch or cornflour (either works fine)

For the sauce

• 35g vinegar
• 55g granulated sugar
• 25g ketchup
• 5g tomato puree
• 10g Worcester sauce
• 1 tsp potato starch or cornflour (either works fine), to add into sauce before you cook with it

Note: The sauce will be red but not bright red like the takeaways, as they will probably use food colouring to get that colour.

For the dish

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 pineapple ring
• 1/2 small onion, cut into chunks
• 1/4 red pepper, cut into chunks
• 1/4 green pepper, cut into chunks

Buy the ingredients:

Watch how we make it:

Preparation

1

Heat the oil in the pan on medium-high heat whilst you prepare everything else.

2

Prepare the vegetables for the dish.

3

Prepare the chicken. Cut 1.5 inch strips. Season the meat with about 1/2 tsp salt and sprinkle of white pepper. Pour half a beaten egg in and coat the chicken pieces. Then mix in the potato starch (or cornflour) and coat the pieces again.

Ready? Let's cook!

1

To make the sweet and sour sauce: In a saucepan pour the vinegar and add the granulated sugar in, heat these up on a low heat until the sugar dissolves.

2

Add the ketchup, tomato puree and Worcester sauce and mix. Put this to one side as the sauce is now complete and ready.

3

Turn the oil to low heat. Take your chicken pieces and place them individually into the oil. Move them around, with a wooden spatula or wooden chopsticks, so they don't stick to each other. Fry them for 3 minutes.

4

When the chicken pieces start to float, turn the heat to high and fry for an extra 1 minute. Use a slotted spoon and take the pieces out onto a plate and leave on the side for now.

5

To put the dish together. Heat wok on high heat. Add 1 tbsp vegetable oil.

6

Add in peppers , onion and pineapple and fry for 1 minute.

7

Take the sauce and add in 1 tsp of potato starch (or cornflour) and mix in. Add sauce to the pan and cook for 1 minute.

8

Add chicken pieces to the pan and stir everything together. Once everything is coated with sauce, it is ready to serve.

Done! 祝您好胃口!

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