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Ginger Chicken Stir-Fry

Recipe / Naomi Sherman

Stir-fry is a huge favourite in our house, but

I loathe the hour of prep time it takes to cut up all of those vegetables for a “quick meal”, not to mention remembering to buy them all! Using a bag of stir-fry vegetables and frozen pineapple means you can have this delicious sweet and spicy stir-fry on the table in a fraction of the time — without a four-page shopping list!

Serves: 6

Sauce

½ cup brown sugar
½ cup hot water
¾ cup coconut aminos or soy sauce
¼ cup rice-wine vinegar
1 tsp sesame oil
4 tsp minced garlic
2 tbsp minced garlic
2 cups frozen pineapple chunks
½ cup chicken broth
1 tbsp cornflour

Stir-Fry

1/3 cup flour
1 tsp salt
½ tsp ground pepper
¼ tsp chilli powder (or to taste)
1kg chicken breast tenders, cut into bite-size pieces
1 tbsp oil
1 red onion, sliced into wedges
1 850g bag frozen stir-fry vegetables
Cooked rice, to serve
Spring onions, to serve

1. Place all of the sauce ingredients into a blender and blitz until smooth.

2. Combine the flour, salt, pepper and chilli powder in a freezer bag and shake each piece of chicken in the flour mixture to get a light coating.

3. Heat the oil over medium-high heat in a

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