🍊 Sweet-and-Sour (Orange) Chicken

🧄 Ingredients

• 100g chicken breast (or Quorn/tofu)
• 40g onion (frozen diced okay)
• 100g bell peppers
• 20g garlic paste (or fresh garlic)
• 4g ginger paste or fresh ginger
• 18g (1 tbsp) double-concentrated tomato purée
• 5g dark soy sauce
• 5g Shaoxing wine
• 150g diet Fanta Orange (or orange juice)
• ½ stock cube, crumbled
• Optional: ¼ tsp xanthan gum + 1 tbsp water

👩‍🍳 Instructions

1. Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat.
2. Sauté chicken, onion, and bell peppers until lightly cooked.
3. Add garlic and ginger, stir until fragrant (1–2 mins).
4. Add tomato purée, soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, diet Fanta, and stock cube.
5. Simmer for 15 minutes until thickened.
6. (Optional: Mix xanthan gum with water and add near the end for thickness.)
7. Serve with spring onion, sesame seeds, or furikake on top.
8. Enjoy over rice or in a lettuce wrap!

✨ Notes

• Great for meal prep — tastes even better the next day!
• Sticky, sweet-and-savoury goodness — like healthy Chinese takeout.
• Packed with veggies and protein for a nutrient-dense meal.