Sweet and Sour Chicken

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 chicken thighs, bone and skin left on
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 1/2 sweet potato, peeled and chopped
• 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
• 1/2 red chili, chopped
• 2 tbsp white wine
• 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
• 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
• 2 tsp tomato purée
• 1 tbsp clear honey
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• 1/4 green pepper, chopped
• 55g/2oz fresh pineapple, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces
• 3-4 fresh chives, to garnish

Directions:

Heat the olive oil in a non-stick frying pan and add the chicken. Fry the chicken, skin-side down until crisp and golden-brown.
Add the onion, sweet potato, grated ginger and chili to the pan and fry for two minutes.
Add the white wine and white wine vinegar to the pan and simmer until the liquid has reduced to half its volume.
Add the tomato ketchup, tomato purée, honey and soy sauce to the pan. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer for 15 minutes, or until the chicken is completely cooked through.
Remove the lid for the last five minutes of cooking time and add the pepper and pineapple.
To serve, pile on a serving plate and garnish with chives.