Chicken and Melon in Sweet and Sour Sauce

Just to stay a little oriental in theme, today the kitchen of My-personaltrainerTv will take on the appearance of a sort of Chinese restaurant!
Today's menu in fact includes a "habitué" dish from the East: chicken in sweet and sour sauce. Here, but I would like to make some changes, as always (I love to personalize my dishes!). Normally, chicken in sweet and sour sauce is prepared with the "pairing" pineapple and peppers "; I would like to replace the pineapple with melon. I tried this combination almost by chance and I must say I was delighted. And now I'm here to propose it to you.

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Identity Card of the Recipe

• 74 KCal Calories per serving

• Ingrediants

  For the chicken with melon and peppers

  • half a glass of brandy
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • About 400 g of chicken breast
  • About 200 g of peppers
  • 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
  • 300 g of melon pulp
  • About 30 g of potato starch or cornstarch

  For the sweet and sour sauce

  • 50 g of sugar
  • 3 tablespoons of soy sauce
  • q.s. of pepper
  • 150 g of tomato puree
  • Optional: 1 teaspoon of sweet paprika
  • 7 g (1 teaspoon) of potato starch
  • 1 teaspoon of tomato paste
  • 100 ml of water
  • 60 ml of vinegar
  • 1 pinch of salt

  Materials Needed

  • Food cutting board
  • Knives
  • Digging for the melon
  • Pans with lid
  • Casserole for the sweet and sour sauce

  Preparation

  1. Cut the chicken breast into fairly regular bites.
  2. Wash the pepper, remove the inedible parts, the internal filaments and the seeds. Obtain small pieces.
  3. Clean the melon: cut out some balls with the digger and put them in a small bowl. Cut the remaining melon pulp into small pieces and brown it in a pan with the peppers. Season with salt and add a drizzle of oil.
  4. Salt the chicken and roll it in potato starch or rice flour. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in another pan and brown the chicken nuggets; deglaze with the brandy and add the melon and pepper mix. Continue cooking for about ten minutes, covering with the lid and maintaining a gentle flame.
  5. Prepare the sweet and sour sauce as described in this video.

  To prepare sweet and sour sauce at home
  pour 70 ml of water into a saucepan and add 50 g of sugar and a pinch of salt. When it starts to boil, add 60 ml of white vinegar, 150 g of tomato puree, 1 teaspoon of tomato paste, a pinch of sweet paprika (optional) and 3 tablespoons of soy sauce (or balsamic vinegar glaze. ) Dissolve 7 g (1 heaped teaspoon) of potato starch in about 30 ml of water and add it to the sauce to thicken it.

  6. If you wish, you can mix a part of the sweet and sour sauce directly with the chicken in the pan. Alternatively, serve the sweet and sour sauce on the side. Decorate with a few melon balls and serve.

  Alice's comment - PersonalCooker

  As a good lover of meat and fruit contrasts, this dish with chicken, melon and peppers is really inviting. Now I really have to leave you because my mouth is watering, see you soon and enjoy your meal!

  Nutritional values ​​and Health Comment on the recipe

  Chicken and Melon in Sweet and Sour Sauce is a moderately caloric second course (with side dish) suitable for slimming therapy against overweight. It mainly provides proteins (with a high biological value) and carbohydrates (simple), while fats are quantitatively less important. The average portion of Chicken and Melon in Sweet and Sour Sauce corresponds to about 300-400g (220-290kcal).