Chicken - sweet and sour, quick and easy
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Recipe highlights Serves: 4
- Good source of iron
- Suitable to freeze
- Store covered in fridge (under 5°C)
- Dairy free
- Egg free
- Easy to swallow
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Ingredients
- 500 g chicken, mince
1 tablespoon canola oil, or olive oil
570 g jar sweet and sour sauce, (other flavours can be used)
Cooking method
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1. Fry chicken mince in oil for approximately 5-10 minutes or until cooked through.
2. Add the jar of sweet and sour sauce and mix well.
3. Simmer for 5 - 10 minutes.
4. Cool, blend together in a food processor until desired consistency.
5. Reheat and serve.
Nutritional facts
 | Average quantity per Serving | Average quantity per 100g |
| Weight (g) | 272.05g | 100.00g |
| Energy (kJ) | 2183.48kJ | 802.60kJ |
| Protein (g) | 24.86g | 9.14g |
| Total fat (g) | 17.38g | 6.39g |
| - Saturated fat (g) | 4.21g | 1.55g |
| - Polyunsaturated fat (g) | 1.67g | 0.61g |
| - Monounsaturated fat (g) | 7.30g | 2.68g |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 112.50mg | 41.35mg |
| Carbohydrate-available (g) | 64.98g | 23.89g |
| CarbohydrateSE (g) | 64.98g | 23.89g |
| - Sugars (g) | 53.87g | 19.80g |
| Water (g) | 164.53g | 60.48g |
| Dietary fibre (g) | 1.71g | 0.63g |
| Thiamin (mg) | 0.09mg | 0.03mg |
| Riboflavin (mg) | 0.22mg | 0.08mg |
| Niacin (mg) | 6.09mg | 2.24mg |
| Niacin equivalents (mg) | 11.61mg | 4.27mg |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 2.85mg | 1.05mg |
| Total folate (ug) | 12.68ug | 4.66ug |
| Total vitamin A equivalents (ug) | 62.17ug | 22.85ug |
| Retinol (ug) | 35.00ug | 12.87ug |
| Beta carotene equivalents (ug) | 157.34ug | 57.84ug |
| Sodium (mg) | 1038.00mg | 381.55mg |
| Potassium (mg) | 456.05mg | 167.63mg |
| Magnesium (mg) | 45.68mg | 16.79mg |
| Calcium (mg) | 24.08mg | 8.85mg |
| Phosphorus (mg) | 274.82mg | 101.02mg |
| Iron (mg) | 3.10mg | 1.14mg |
| Zinc (mg) | 2.32mg | 0.85mg |
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This recipe was orginally published as:
Sweet and sour chicken - quick and easy
Recipe publication date on: 10/02/2003
Last reviewed on: 17/07/2012
