Hot & Sour Chicken with Coconut Rice and Pak Choi

A pak choi & chicken dish with a hot & sour sauce on a bed of coconut rice.

Ingredients (serves 4)

225g/4serves Basmati Rice
200ml Coconut Milk
300ml Water
pinch Salt
2cm Ginger finely sliced
1 Clove Garlic Crushed
1/2 Large Red Chilli (optional) Seeded and chopped roughly
1 Tablespoon Light Soy Sauce
600ml Water
4 Skinless Chicken Breasts
4 Tablespoons Sugar
1 heaped Teaspoon Cornflour
4 Tablespoon Rice Vinegar
4 Tablespoon Light Soy Sauce
4 Heads Pak Choi cut in half
3-4 Spring Onions
Sprinkle Toasted Seasame Seeds

Method

Rice- Wash the rice off in some water 2/3 times Drain the rice and rinse and place into a saucepan. Add the coconut milk, first amount of water and the salt. Bring to the boil and reduce the heat to a very gentle simmer. Cover and cook for ten minutes, until the rice is tender.
Chicken- While the rice is cooking, place the ginger, garlic and chilli into a saucepan. Add the soy sauce and second amount of water and bring to the boil. Add the chicken breasts, then cover and cook over a low heat for approx four minutes.
Turn the chicken in the liquid, then place the pak choi into a steamer basket and set the steamer over the chicken pot for approx three minutes until the pak choi is tender/wilted.
Sauce- Place sugar, cornflour, rice vinegar & light soy sauce in a small saucepan, place over a medium heat and bring to the boil. Simmer for a minute, stirring constantly until thickened and glossy.
Serving- Slice the chicken and arrange on plates or in bowls over the coconut rice, add the pak choi. (2 halves per serve)
Drizzle with the sauce, scatter each serve with the spring onions and sesame seeds, and serve immediately.

Notes

Chilli is the 'hot' part of the title but is an optional ingredient that you can add to taste or leave out. Looks impressive and tastes great An adaption of a recipe that does exist but we can never remember where from and we have personalised it to our tastes.

85 Comments

- - mggarner said
  - 28 Oct 2014
    2:53 pm
Chicken yum yum yum, Thanks for sharing

- - memo said
  - 27 Oct 2014
    11:52 pm
keen to try this recipe

- - Mandi2406 said
  - 26 Oct 2014
    11:01 pm
Yum! Always looking for new chicken recipes!

- - deborah_osborne said
  - 25 Oct 2014
    2:17 pm
This might be my next challenge ,making this .

- - vanyadhanya said
  - 24 Oct 2014
    9:47 pm
lovely recipe; a must try next weekend

- - Madeline De Leon said
  - 19 Oct 2014
    4:06 pm
Oh wow. This is really nice. Thanks for sharing.

- - mom93821 said
  - 11 Oct 2014
    5:58 am
Made it for dinner and it was absolutely delicious! Thank you, it is now a favourite dish.
- rogue replied
  
  11 Oct 2014 , 8:22 pm
  Glad you enjoyed it and that I helped your family find a favorite dish :).
- - mom93821 said
  - 10 Oct 2014
    6:50 am
Thanks for sharing this recipe. It is on the menu for dinner tonight. It looks absolutely delicious and is sure to please everyone.

- - mom94125 said
  - 08 Oct 2014
    2:41 pm
i love this asian dish! this look so delicious but simple and easy to make

- - love mum said
  - 30 Sep 2014
    10:48 pm
Looks devine. I love Asian inspired food. has so much flavour. They certainly know how to cook – Thanks for Sharing

- - mggarner said
  - 30 Sep 2014
    10:53 am
Thank you so very much for sharing!

- - memo said
  - 25 Sep 2014
    12:08 am
Have never boiled chicken breasts but love them cooked in sauce mixture served with rice so will try this.

- - mom56842 said
  - 23 Sep 2014
    8:39 am
I’ve just recently discovered coconut milk in cooking and loving it – nice recipe.

- - rogue said
  - 22 Sep 2014
    12:50 pm
Glad you all are liking the sound of it. I hope you get the chance to try it and enjoy is as much as you think you will 😀

- - freeone1 said
  - 22 Sep 2014
    11:21 am
OMG this looks and sound delicious thanks for sharing

- - zoie1975 said
  - 21 Sep 2014
    8:35 pm
Can this be made with Chicken Thight fillets? I find that chicken breast dries out heaps when I boil it. I can never get it right! This looks so delicious.. can’t wait to try, thanks for sharing.
- rogue replied
  
  22 Sep 2014 , 12:46 pm
  I guess it probably could be done with other boneless chicken cuts, skinless works best though, just get an approximate equivalent weight or chicken.
- - mel_phillips said
  - 21 Sep 2014
    3:37 am
Yum! This looks delicious! Thanks for sharing!!

- - shortaez said
  - 20 Sep 2014
    8:41 pm
That looks yummy thank you for sharing

- - mom57522 said
  - 20 Sep 2014
    2:45 pm
This dish sounds awesome. Can’t wait to try.

- - mdzzy said
  - 19 Sep 2014
    5:45 pm
Delishhh that sounds amazing!!! Adding it to my to do list haha