Fakeaway!

Been to the Chinese? No hunny b that all me! Fake your way to the perfect takeaway. Making your favourite take away dishes is really fun and allows you adjust the ingredients to suit your diet.

Sweet N Sour chicken is my fella's favourite dish and he asked if I could make it just like from the take away - challenge accepted! It's unbelievably easy to replicate but you absolutely need enough time to prep. Prepping is the key to making this dish run smoothly.

What is the secret to the sauce I hear you ask? Well read on to find out just how easy it really is...

Ingredients: (serves 2)

3 x crushed garlic cloves

2 x chicken breasts

2 x peppers (one green & one red)

2 x sliced jalapeños

1 x spring onion

300g egg noodles

100g pineapple

Oil

For the batter...

2 x tbsp flour

2 x tbsp cornstarch

1 x tbsp baking powder

1 x cup of water

For the sauce...

2 x tbsp ketchup

2 x tbsp sweet chilli

2 x tbsp pineapple juice

2 x tbsp brown sugar

1 x tbsp plum sauce

1 x tbsp soy sauce

1 x tsp oyster sauce

1 x tsp white wine vinegar

1. Mix all the batter ingredients together in a large bowl.

2. Slice the chicken into small chunks and drop them into the batter.

3. Mix all the ingredients for the sauce into a jug or small bowl.

4. Slice the peppers, jalapeño and spring onion and set aside.

5. Heat up a inch deep amount of oil in a wok.

6. Once the oil is hot, one by one remove the chunks of chicken covered in batter from the bowl and drop into the wok. The oil will cook the batter leaving little chicken nugs! Set the nugs aside.

7. Remove the majority of the oil from the wok and leave just enough to cook all the veggies and garlic. Sauté the veggies until soft.

7. Add the sauce and the chicken back into the wok with the veg and stir through until all the ingredients are saucy and caramelised.