SELF employed and determined, Merelita Bakani, 58, of Marata Village in Wailoku is this week’s Crest Chicken Recipe Promotion profile.
Mrs Bakani says she always uses Crest chicken products at home and it earns an income for her family through small catering jobs in the village.
“I buy 2kg Crest chicken mixed portion for my catering business and sometimes buy three packs depending on the demand or orders I get,” she said.
“I buy Crest chicken No# 17 from MH Superfresh for my family and I include other Crest chicken products like chicken thighs or chicken breast when doing my shopping runs. I love using Crest chicken products because the meat is tender, it’s always available, affordable, tastes good and it blends well with my ingredients.”
“I even educate women in the village about food preparation and food quality and I think Crest chicken product is one of the best to use in family meals and to cook it with healthy locally grown produce, she said.
Sweet and sour chicken recipe
Ingredients
* Four chicken breasts, partly boned or 4 chicken quarters or 8 thighs
* Salt and pepper
* Onion
* 1 tablespoon of oil
* ½ small onion, peeled and roughly chopped
* 300g can of mandarin orange segments
* 7.5g or 1 ½ teaspoon corn flour
* 2 teaspoon soya sauce
* 2 tablespoon wine vinegar
* 2 level of teaspoon tomato puree
* Parsley to garnish
Method
* Season chicken lightly and fry (brown) in the heated oil.
* Transfer to an ovenproof dish.
* Put the onion into the blender and blend for 15 seconds until it’s finely blended.
* Drain mandarin, reserve the juice and add ¼ mandarins to the blender and blend for about 20 seconds until it’s a smooth paste.
* Add sugar, corn flour, soy sauce, vinegar, tomato puree and 150ml or ¼ pint of mandarin juice in the blender. Switch blender on for 10 seconds until smooth. Bring to boil and simmer for 1 minute. Pour over chicken, cover and cook in moderate oven (180 degrees Celsius) for 45 minutes or until chicken is tender. Skin any fat from the surface and serve hot and even garnish with reserved mandarin and parsley.
