Chicken with Pineapple-Cook Smart

Ingredients list for Chicken with Pineapple-Cook Smart

• 300 grams Boneless chicken cut into 1/2 inch cubes
• 5 Canned pineapple slices
• 1 tablespo to shallow fry Oil
• 2 Medium cucumbers peeled
• 1 Egg white
• 1 tablespoon Cornflour
• to taste Salt
• 1 inch Ginger
• 2 Fresh red chillies
• 2 tablespoons Castor sugar
• 1 tablespoon Cornflour slurry
• to sprinkle Red chilli flakes

Method

1. Heat sufficient oil in a non-stick frying pan.
2. Halve cucumber vertically, remove the seeds and cut diagonally into big cubes.
3. Put chicken in a bowl, add egg white, cornflour and salt and mix well. Shallow-fry the chicken pieces in hot oil till crisp. Drain on absorbent paper.
4. Roughly chop 3 pineapple pieces and grind with 2 tablespoons water to a smooth puree.
5. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a deep non-stick pan. Thinly slice ginger and add to the pan.
6. Finely slice red chillies. Cut the remaining pineapple pieces into small cubes.
7. Add cucumber to the second pan and toss well. Add pineapple pieces, fried chicken pieces and pineapple puree and mix well. Add red chillies, salt and sugar and mix well.
8. Add cornflour slurry and cook for 3-5 minutes.
9. Transfer onto a serving platter, sprinkle red chilli flakes and serve immediately.