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Sweet Sour Peanuts

Sweet Sour Peanuts is built on Cornflour, Soy Sauce, Cider Vinegar, Clear Honey, and Sunflower Oil. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Illustrative photo

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp
• 2 tsp
• 5 tbsp
• 1 tbsp
• 3 tbsp
• 1 clove
• 125 g

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Cut the skin from the pineapple.

2. 2

   Cut the flesh into slices, stamp out the cores with an apple corer or cut them out with a knife.

3. 3

   Cut the flesh into 2cm (3/4 inch) dice.

4. 4

   Cut the pepper into 2cm (3/4 inch) squares.

5. 5

   Put the cornflour into a bowl and gradually mix in the soy sauce, vinegar and honey.

6. 6

   Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan on a low heat.

7. 7

   Put in the pepper, onion and garlic and stir-fry them for 2 minutes.

8. 8

   Put in the peanuts, bamboo shoots and water chestnuts and stir-fry for 2 minutes more.

9. 9

   Mix in the pineapple.

10. 10

    Stir the cornflour mixture.

11. 11

    Pour it into the pan.

12. 12

    Simmer, stirring, until the mixture thickens to a small amount of glossy sauce.

13. 13

    Take the pan from the heat and serve as soon as possible.