菠萝咕咾肉- Sweet and sour chicken

Sweet and sour pork ( 菠萝咕咾肉) is one of  cantonese dish which is cooked with many side ingredients such as cucumber, tomato, pineapple cubes, red/green capsicums and onions.



It gives a savoury sweet and sour taste that makes you hanker for more. The sweet and soury taste is contributed by the tomato sauce and pineapple and it complements well with a bowl of warm white rice.



The pork is pre-marinated and deep-fried to produce the crispy texture. With the sauce coated on the deep-fried pork, it replenishes the moisture that the pork lost during frying. Thus, the dish is made up to perfection whereby the meat taste crispy yet not too dry.



I replace pork with chicken since my brothers favour chicken over pork.
This will be a much easier version as I omitted out many side ingredients that nobody in my family is enthusiatic about and I'd stick to the main ingredients.


Though it's not an authentic sweet and sour 'pork', but it still a great dish!


Recipe

Marinate the chicken:

• 4 boneless chicken thighs, cut into small cubes
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tsp custard powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 2 tsp sesame oil
• dash of pepper
• 6 tbsp cornflour for coating

Sauce

• 6 tbsp tomato sauce
• 3 tbsp chili sauce
• 1 big onion, cut
• 50g pineapple cubes
• 1 tomato, cut
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 2 tbsp pineapple juice

1. Marinate the chicken and let it stand in fridge for 1-2 hours. Coat the marinated chicken with cornflour and deep-fry till cooked. Set aside.
2. Heat oil in wok and stir-fry onions till aromatic.
3. Add in tomato and chili sauce.
4. Add in salt, sugar, pineapple juice and cook till sauce thicken.
5. Lastly, add in tomato and pineapple. Turn off the heat and dish up.

Pre-fried chicken cuts