Chicken & Mango with Barbecue Sauce

This sauce gets is sweetness from the ripe fresh mango and the molasses, this is a very versatile recipe as it can be served with noodles, rice, mashed potato and loads of fresh vegetables.

Leftovers are also great as it reheats well the next day.

Serves 6

Low calorie spray

1 Large Onion, diced

1 Large Red Pepper, seeded and diced

3 cloves of Garlic, coarsely chopped

1tsp Salt

Freshly ground Black Pepper

1/2 tsp ground Allspice

100mls Red Wine Vinegar

3tbs Dark Molasses Sugar

2tbs Worcestershire Sauce

2tbs Fresh Lime Juice

500mls Passata

1 Large ripe Mango, peeled, pitted, and diced

½tsp of Lazy (prepared) Chilli

6 Large Chicken Breasts trimmed and cut into 4 long pieces.

Spray a deep non-stick lidded pan with the low-calorie spray and place over a medium heat. Add the chicken pieces a few pieces at a time and cook until golden brown, remove and set a side, cook the remainder of the chicken and place with the rest. Add the onion, red pepper stirring a few times until tender, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic, salt, black pepper, and allspice and cook, stirring for another 2 minutes. Stir in the vinegar, molasses sugar, Worcestershire sauce, lime juice, and passata cooking for a further 5 minutes. Add the mango and the lazy chilli.

In the same pan blend with a stick blender until smooth.

Add the cooked chicken back into the pan with the tomato sauce and cook gently for 30 minutes until the chicken the thoroughly cooked. 

Enjoy, this sauce is very tasty and delicious and will be a firm favourite.

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