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Sweet and sour chicken with chia rice

This delicious dairy free sweet and sour chicken with chia rice recipe is so easy and quick, ready in 25 minutes great for lunch or dinner.

  • Time to make: 25 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 3.5
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • Sauce
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
  • 3 tablespoons reduced-salt soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • ⅓ cup water
  • _
  • spray oil
  • 450g lean chicken breast, cubed
  • 1 red onion, sliced
  • 4 small portobello mushrooms, sliced
  • 2 capsicums (1 red, 1 green), sliced
  • 1 bunch bok choy, shredded
  • ⅓ cup reduced-salt chicken stock
  • 2 x 250g SunRice Rice & Chia instant rice sachets, to serve
  • 35g unsalted cashew nuts, crushed, to serve
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 In a small bowl combine all sauce ingredients. Set aside.

    2 Heat a non-stick pan with oil spray until hot. Cook chicken for 3–4 minutes, or until browned.

    3 Add veges and stock to chicken. Stir fry for 2–3 minutes. Pour sauce over and cook for 3–4 minutes, tossing to coat ingredients evenly.

    4 Heat rice according to packet instructions. Serve with sweet and sour chicken, sprinkled with cashews.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Check tomato sauce, soy sauce and stock are gluten free

    HFG tip

    You may want to thicken the sauce at the end of cooking with 2 teaspoons of cornflour (gluten free is necessary) mixed with a little water. Stir into hot sauce and cook for 1 minute.

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