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STICKY CHICKEN AND JEWELLED RICE<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n When all you want is a light chicken dish with lots of flavour, try this one.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n CHICKEN<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n 1\u00bdkg deboned chicken thighs or breasts\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n 3 Tbls sesame oil\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n 3 Tbls vegetable oil\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n 2 red onions, cut into eighths with leaves separated\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n 1 red pepper, sliced into thin strips\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n 250g mushrooms, sliced\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n 1 tsp crushed garlic\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n 5cm piece of fresh ginger, finely grated\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n SAUCE<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n \u00be cup tomato sauce (ketchup)\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n \u2153 cup soy sauce\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n 3 Tbls rice vinegar\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n 1 red chilli, chopped (hot)\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n 3 Tbls brown sugar\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n 2 chicken stock cubes, crumbled\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n 3 tsp cornflour\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n \u00be cup cold water\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n Salt and pepper to taste\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n TOPPINGS<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n Sesame seeds\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n Green spring onions, thinly sliced diagonally\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n JEWELLED RICE<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n 2 cups rice (basmati recommended)\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n 1 cup ready-made crispy fried onions\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n \u00bd cup pomegranate seeds\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n METHOD<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n Preheat oven to 180\u00b0C. Fry the chicken on medium-to-high heat in a little vegetable oil to just brown the outside. Remove from the pan and set aside. To the same pan, add the sesame oil and fry the peppers and onions for 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms, garlic and ginger and continue to fry for another minute. Place the tomato sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, chilli, sugar, chicken stock, cornflour, and cold water in a medium jug and mix well. Pour over the vegetables and stir to combine. Pour over the chicken and bake covered for 45 min at 180\u00b0C. Place the rice on a large serving platter followed by chicken and drizzle with some of the remaining sauce. Sprinkle with spring onions and sesame seeds.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n JEWELLED RICE<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n Cook two cups of basmati rice as per the instructions on the packet. When cooked, fold in pomegranate seeds and ready-made crispy fried onions.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n 104 JEWISH LIFE \u25a0 ISSUE 175<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" STICKY CHICKEN AND JEWELLED RICE When all you want is a light chicken dish with lots of flavour, try this one. CHICKEN 1\u00bdkg deboned chicken thighs or breasts 3 Tbls sesame oil 3 Tbls vegetable oil 2 red onions, cut into eighths with leaves separated 1 red pepper, sliced into thin strips 250g mushrooms, sliced 1 tsp crushed garlic 5cm piece of fresh ginger, finely grated SAUCE \u00be cup tomato sauce (ketchup) \u2153 cup soy sauce 3 Tbls rice vinegar 1 red chilli, chopped (hot) 3 Tbls brown sugar 2…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144,138,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-144","category-recipes","category-rosh-hashanah-sukkot-2026"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7033,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7031\/revisions\/7033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}