chicken with lychees

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 large chicken breasts
• cornflour (cornstarch)
• 1 can lychees
• 1 red capsicum
• 6 shallots
• 3 tablespoons oil (peanut preferably)
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 chicken stock cubes
• salt
• pepper
• 3 tablespoons tomato ketchup
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch, extra
• 2 teaspoons water, extra

Recipe

• 1 cut boned chicken into 1-1/2" pieces,chop shallots into 2" lengths.
• 2 remove seeds from capsicum cut into large dice.
• 3 coat chicken pieces in cornstarch shake off excess.
• 4 heat oil in wok add chicken pieces cook untill light golden brown.
• 5 addcapsicum and shallots cook stirring for 1 minute.
• 6 add combinedwater,crumbled stock cubes,tomato ketchup,sugar,salt and pepper.
• 7 add drained lychees mix well.
• 8 cover and simmer untill chicken is cooked (about 5 minutes).
• 9 mix cornstarch to a smooth paste with water,add to chicken mixture,stir untill boiling and thickened (sometimes i omit the sugar and add 2 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce).
• 10 bon apetite.
• 11 sargie australia.