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    Sweet chilli chicken strips with peanuts on oriental noodles with fresh pineapple and Indian candy recipe

    You can replace the chicken with beef or lamb, and Indian Candy adds an interesting twist to this dish.

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    Sweet chilli chicken strips with peanuts on oriental noodles with fresh pineapple and Indian candy

    Serves: 8
    Cooking Time: 30 mins

    Ingredients

    • 6 chicken breasts, thinly sliced
    • 80ml sweet chilli sauce
    • 50ml sesame oil
    • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
    • 4 carrots, julienned
    • 2 red peppers, julienned
    • 500ml mange tout, julienned
    • 50ml brown sugar
    • 80g peanuts, roasted
    • 100ml basil, torn
    • 6 x 85g packets instant noodles, cooked
    • 80ml light soy sauce
    • 2 pineapples, peeled and cut into small cubes
    • 60ml Indian Candy, optional

    Instructions

    1

    Combine the chicken with the sweet chilli sauce and mix well.

    2

    Heat the sesame oil in a wok or frying pan and add the chicken in two batches. Stir-fry each batch until the chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes. Season and set aside.

    3

    Add the carrot, pepper and mange tout to the wok, toss, cover and simmer for 1 minute. Return the chicken to the wok and add the sugar, peanuts and basil.

    4

    Place the noodles in a bowl and pour the soy sauce over. Toss to combine and serve while still hot topped with the chicken, pineapple cubes and Indian Candy.

    Notes

    Cook's tip: We got our Indian Candy from Shalima Delights, 011-832-1675.

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