Sweet and sour chicken

Name: Sweet and sour chicken
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: 500 g chicken breast (raw, boneless); 3 Tbsp corn starch; 1 medium red bell pepper; 1 medium green bell pepper; 1 medium onions; 200 g pineapple; 3 Tbsp ketchup; 3 Tbsp rice vinegar; 2 Tbsp sugar; 1 Tbsp soy sauce; 3 Tbsp peanut oil

Crispy chicken with peppers and pineapple in a sweet and sour sauce.

30 minto make
4portions
Mediumto cook

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A medium footprint

1.08 kg CO₂e a portion, or 3.35 kg for every kilo of the dish: its climate, nitrogen, land and water impacts together, from farm to plate.

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A very high nutrition rating

359 kcal and 29.7 g of protein a portion. The rating weighs what's in it, inspired by Nutri-Score.

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Ingredients

For 4 portions

500 g chicken breast (raw, boneless)
3 Tbsp corn starch
1 medium red bell pepper
1 medium green bell pepper
1 medium onions
200 g pineapple
3 Tbsp ketchup
3 Tbsp rice vinegar
2 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp soy sauce
3 Tbsp peanut oil

Method

Toss the diced chicken in 2 tablespoons of the corn starch and fry in the oil until golden and cooked.
Stir-fry the peppers, onion and pineapple for 3 minutes.
Mix the ketchup, vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, the rest of the corn starch and 100 ml of water, add to the pan and bubble until thick.
Stir the chicken back in.

Nutrition

	A portion (323 g)	100 g
Energy	359 kcal	111 kcal
Protein	29.7 g	9.2 g
Carbohydrate	28.8 g	8.9 g
of which sugars	17.5 g	5.4 g
Fat	13.9 g	4.3 g
of which saturates	2.6 g	0.8 g
Fibre	2.6 g	0.8 g
Salt	1 g	0.3 g

Footprint

	A portion	1 kg
Climate (CO₂ eq)	1.08 kg	3.35 kg
Nutrient pollution (N eq)	7.69 g	23.8 g
Land use for a year	1.01 m²	3.11 m²
Water use	1,375 l	4,254 l

Footprint from AGRIBALYSE 3.1.1 (ADEME), with our own minor changes. How we work it out.

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