Sweet and Sour Chicken
Recipe by Chef Andreas Charalambous
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INGREDIENTS
- 2 pieces chicken breast
- 200 tempura flour
- 200 ice-cold beer
- ice-cold water (as much as needed to thicken)
- 1 sweet red bell pepper
- 1 sweet yellow bell pepper
- 1 carrot
- 1 dry onion
- 1 zucchini
- A little freshly chopped ginger
- Sunflower oil and sesame oil for frying
For the Sweet and Sour Sauce
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1 cup red vinegar
- 1 orange
For Serving
- 200 Basmati rice
Tempura Bananas
- 5 bananas
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
METHOD
First, prepare the sweet and sour sauce:
- In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, ketchup, vinegar, and the juice from the orange, along with the squeezed orange half including the peel.
- Boil until the sauce thickens.
For the rice:
- Rinse the rice well 5-6 times until the starch is gone. The water from the last rinse should be clear. Put plenty of water in a saucepan and when it boils, add the rice. Cover the saucepan and boil until the rice is cooked. Drain. Cut the chicken into strips and place it in a bowl.
- Place the tempura flour in a bowl and add the ice-cold beer, stirring. Then, gradually add the ice-cold water, whisking until you have a smooth batter. Put plenty of sunflower oil in a pan and heat it up. Dip the chicken in the batter and fry until cooked and nicely golden brown. Remove it to a plate lined with paper towels and set aside. Cut the vegetables into strips. Heat a little sesame oil in a pan and sauté the vegetables along with the ginger.
- Add the chicken and a little of the sauce to the pan and stir. Serve the sweet and sour chicken with the boiled rice.
For the bananas:
- Peel the bananas and dip them in the tempura batter, then fry until golden brown.
- Remove them onto paper towels.
- Serve by drizzling with honey and sprinkling with sesame seeds.



