Chicken with Mangoes

All Ingredients should be prepared before you start cooking to save time and make cooking the dish easier.

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

250ml

plain flour

430ml

water

2ml

salt

1ml

baking powder

3

chicken breasts

5x2.5 cm

fresh ginger root

8

spring onions

425g can

mangoes

750ml

vegetable oil

45ml

white vinegar

45ml

dry sherry

20ml

soy sauce

10ml

sugar

10ml

cornflour

10ml

instant chicken stock granules

5ml

sesame oil

Method:

 1. Combine flour, 1 cup (250ml) of the water, the salt and baking powder in a medium size bowl. Beat with whisk until blended. Let stand 15 minutes.

2. Cut skinless and boneless chicken into 1/4 inch (1 cm) wide strips. Mix them into flour mixture.

3. Cut ginger into wafer-thin slices. Cut onions into 1/2 inch (1.5cm) pieces. Drain mangoes and cut into 1/2 inch wide (1.5cm) strips.

4. Heat vegetable oil in wok over high heat until it reaches 375F (190C). Add chicken, one strip at a time. Cook until golden, in about 3 to 5 minutes.

5. Leave about 1 tablespoon (15ml) oil in the wok. Reduce heat to medium. Add ginger to oil in wok. Stir-fry until ginger is light brown.

6. Combine remaining 3/4 cup (180ml) water, the vinegar, sherry, soy sauce, sugar, cornstarch, bouillon and sesame oil. Carefully add to ginger all at once. Cook and stir until mixture boils. Add onions. Reduce heat and simmer 3 minutes.

7. Mix chicken and mangoes into soy sauce mixture. Cook and stir 2 minutes. Serve immediately.