Sweet & sour fish balls

Name: Sweet & sour fish balls
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 125g stale bread; 1 heaped tablespoon Chinese five-spice; 400g fresh or frozen raw squid rings or tubes; 250g fresh or frozen peeled raw prawns; 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger; 1 bunch of fresh coriander (30g); 1 large egg; 5 tablespoons cornflour; 1 red pepper; 1 yellow pepper; 2 carrots; 4 spring onions; olive oil; 1 tablespoon tomato purée; 2 tablespoons low-salt soy sauce; 1 tablespoon hot chilli sauce; 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar; 1 x 227g tin of pineapple chunks in juice; 75g frozen peas; 1 mug (320g) basmati rice

Dairy-free

50 mins

Super easy

serves 6

About the recipe

This is an old Anglo-Chinese classic – it’s got beautiful textures, the balls are awesome, and the sweet and sour flavours explode in your mouth. As is quite common with Chinese cooking, the ingredients list is fairly long, but don’t let that put you off – this is great value comfort food that you’re guaranteed to enjoy.

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nutrition per serving

Calories

22%

Fat

10%

Saturates

Sugars

13%

Salt

32%

Protein

53%

Carbs

28%

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

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By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

125g stale bread

1 heaped tablespoon Chinese five-spice

400g fresh or frozen raw squid rings or tubes

250g fresh or frozen peeled raw prawns

1 thumb-sized piece of ginger

1 bunch of fresh coriander (30g)

1 large egg

5 tablespoons cornflour

1 red pepper

1 yellow pepper

2 carrots

4 spring onions

olive oil

1 tablespoon tomato purée

2 tablespoons low-salt soy sauce

1 tablespoon hot chilli sauce

2 tablespoons white wine vinegar

1 x 227g tin of pineapple chunks in juice

75g frozen peas

1 mug (320g) basmati rice

Method

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