Chinese Pineapple Chicken With Cashew Nuts, Ginger, Spring Onion

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 large chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces
• 100 g roasted cashew nuts (optional)
• 8 -12 spring onions, chopped (scallions)
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• 1 (7 ounce) can pineapple chunks in juice (small size can)
• gingerroot, peeled and chopped finely (2-3 inch chunk)
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
• 2 tablespoons rice wine (can use dry sherry)
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons golden syrup
• 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
• 1 1/2 tablespoons vinegar
• 2 tablespoons cornflour
• 1/4 teaspoon chinese five spice powder
• 1/4 pint water (plus a little more if needed)

Recipe

• 1 first of all make the sauce. combine everything, mix well until smooth and set aside.
• 2 fry the chicken in the oil with the onion and ginger for 5 minutes over a medium high heat.
• 3 add the green pepper and the pineapple chunks and fry for another 5 minutes adding half of the spring onions after 2 minutes.
• 4 add the crushed garlic and the cashew nuts, fry for 2 minutes then pour over the sauce and bring to the boil.
• 5 after a minute or 2, the sauce should thicken and stick to the chicken. it it looks too thick, add some water, little by little until desired consistency is acheived.
• 6 utterly delicious.