Work Lunches

Chicken and Green Bean Stir Fry

For the chicken and marinade:
12 oz. (340 g) boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon soy sauce
½ teaspoon sesame oil
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon vegetable oil

For the rest of the dish:
1/2 cup chicken stock or water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons dark soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
Fresh ground white pepper
2 teaspoons cornstarch
4 tablespoons vegetable oil (divided)
1 pound string beans, ends trimmed and cut in half
3 cloves garlic, sliced
1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
Instructions
Add all the marinade ingredients to the chicken in a bowl, mix well with your hands so the chicken absorbs all the marinade liquid, and set aside.
Prepare the sauce by mixing together ½ cup stock or water, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 2 teaspoons dark soy sauce, ¼ teaspoon sesame oil, a pinch of freshly ground white pepper, and 2 teaspoons cornstarch.
When ready to cook, preheat your wok over medium high heat until it’s almost smoking. Add 2 tablespoons oil to the wok and sear the chicken until it’s just browned. If your wok is as hot as it should be, the chicken should not stick. Turn off the heat while you transfer the chicken to a separate bowl. Leave any oil/fat in the wok.
Add 2 additional tablespoons oil to the wok, and add the string beans in a single layer. Sear the string beans on one side, about 1 minute. Stir-fry the beans for 30 seconds, and then add ¼ cup water to the wok. Cover the wok and allow the green beans to steam for 60-90 seconds (still on medium high heat).
Add the garlic and stir-fry for another 30 seconds. Spread the Shaoxing wine around the wok to deglaze it, stir-frying for 15 seconds. Then add the sauce mixture and bring it to a simmer.

Add the chicken back to the wok and stir-fry everything together for another 30 seconds. The cornstarch in the sauce mixture will thicken it. When the sauce is at the consistency you’d like, plate and serve immediately with rice.

Cantonese Beef Stew with Bean Curd

2 tablespoons oil
1/2 small onion cut into small pieces
2 cloves garlic
250 g beef cut into small cubes
1/2 cup water
6 mini carrots
2 sticks dry beancurd sticks soak in warm water for 30 minutes, cut into pieces
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
3 dashes white pepper

Heat up a claypot with the oil and add the onion and garlic, stir-fry until aromatic.

Add the beef into the claypot, followed by the carrot and beancurd sticks.

Add the water and all the seasonings, stir to combine well.
Cover the claypot, turn the heat to low, simmer and cook until the beef becomes tender.

Serve hot with steamed white rice

Beef Mussaman Curry

1 1/2 pounds cubed chuck beef or stewing beef
3 tablespoons Massaman curry paste
10 green cardamom seeds
2 cinnamon sticks
3 star anise
8 small shallot onions peeled
2 small cans 5.6 fl oz coconut milk
1 cup water
2 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce or to taste
1 medium-sized potato peeled and cut into chunks
1/2 tablespoon tamarind paste
2 tablespoons palm sugar or brown sugar
4 tablespoons unsalted roasted peanuts
2 tablespoons cooking oil
A handful of fresh Thai basil leaves

Coat beef in 1 tablespoon of oil and massaman curry paste. Stir well and set aside.

In a large pot, heat remaining oil over medium heat. Stir-fry the cardamom, cinnamon and star anise for 40 seconds. Add the whole shallots and fry until golden brown.

Add the beef and brown for 1-2 minutes. Stir to mix well with the spices.

Add 1 can of coconut milk, 2 tbsp of fish sauce and 1/2 to 1 cup of water until the beef is just covered by the liquid. Stir well and then bring to the boil. Once boiling, turn heat down very low and cover. Gently simmer for 1 hour.

Add the remaining can of coconut milk, potatoes, peanuts and half the basil leaves. Stir well. Taste and add a little more fish sauce if necessary.

Turn heat up to medium-low and cover. Cook for another 30 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

Once the potatoes are cooked, remove the curry from the heat. Stir in the palm sugar, tamarind juice and remaining basil. Stir well and serve the curry with steamed rice.

Bulgogi Beef Wraps

12 oz thinly sliced sirloin
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/4 small onion thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic finely minced
1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
3 dashes chili powder
3 dashes coarsely ground black pepper
1 tablespoon chopped scallion
White sesame for garnishing
Kimchi sliced, for garnishing, optional
1 head butter lettuce

Marinate the sirloin with garlic, soy sauce, sugar, chili, and pepper. Stir to mix well. Set aside for 15 minutes to marinate.

Heat up a skillet with the vegetable oil. Add the onion and saute for about 10 seconds.

Add the sliced sirloin. Stir and cook until the meat is cooked. Top with the scallion and white sesame. Transfer out to a serving platter.

Tear off the leaves from the lettuce. To assemble the Bulgogi Lettuce Wraps, add 1 tablespoon of the Bulgogi onto the center of the lettuce leaf, then top with the sliced kimchi, if using. Serve immediately.

Recipe Notes: For authentic Bulgogi, you will need 1/2 cup of pear juice and 1 teaspoon of Sesame Oil to marinate the meat.

Beef with Nam Prik Pao and Lime Leaves

10 oz 330 g beef tenderloin or top sirloin, sliced diagonally across the grain in ¼ in (6 mm) slices
1/2 teaspoon all-purpose cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
1 teaspoon + 2 tablespoons high-heat cooking oil divided
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 garlic clove minced
1 small shallot ?nely sliced
1 fresh hot red or green chili preferably Thai (deseeded if you prefer less heat), ?nely sliced
1 small red bell pepper thinly sliced
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
1 tablespoon fish sauce nam pla
1 tablespoon Roasted Red Chili Paste or store-bought(nam pla, optional)
2 kaf?r lime leaves cut into thin strips (optional)
2 teaspoons palm or brown sugar
3/4 cup 15 g fresh Thai or Italian basil leaves

Roasted Red Chili Paste (Nam Prik Pao) Recipe
4 tablespoons high-heat cooking oil , divided
6 garlic cloves minced
6 tablespoons ?nely chopped shallots
1 tablespoon ground red pepper cayenne
4 teaspoons fermented shrimp paste
2 tablespoons fish sauce nam pla
3 tablespoons palm or brown sugar
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
1 teaspoon tamarind concentrate
1 tablespoon water

Toss the beef with the all-purpose cornstarch, pepper, 1 teaspoon oil, and soy sauce. Cover for 10 minutes at room temperature.

Heat 1/2 of the oil in a wok or skillet over medium-high heat. Add the beef and stir-fry until it’s brown, about 3 minutes. Remove the beef from the pan and set aside. Wash and thoroughly dry the wok or skillet.

Heat the remaining oil in the wok or skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, shallots, and chili to the wok or skillet and stir-fry until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the red pepper and stir-fry for 1 minute. Add the reserved beef, lime juice, ?sh sauce, roasted red chili paste (if using), kaffir lime leaves (if using), and palm sugar; stir-fry for 1–2 minutes or until the beef is cooked through. Add the basil leaves and stir-fry for about 30 seconds or until wilted. Dish out and serve immediately with jasmine rice.

Roasted Red Chili Paste (Nam Prik Pao) Recipe

Heat the oil in a wok or skillet at medium high heat. Add the garlic and shallots and stir-fry until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Transfer garlic and shallots to a small bowl with a slotted spoon. Set aside. Leave the remaining oil in the pan.
Combine the ground red pepper, shrimp paste, ?sh sauce, brown sugar, lime juice, tamarind concentrate, water, reserved garlic, and shallots in a small food processor. Pulse until a thick paste forms.

Return the paste to the wok or skillet and stir it into the oil over low heat. Simmer gently and continue stirring until the mixture is a smooth, oily, and shimmering paste.

Black Pepper Beef

8 oz 250 g beef tenderloin, flank steak or flap meat, cut into pieces
2 ½ tablespoons cooking oil
1 clove garlic minced
One 1 in 2.5 cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced
1/2 small green bell pepper deseeded and cut into pieces
1/2 small red bell pepper deseeded and cut into pieces
1/2 onion cut into strips
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Salt to taste

Marinade:
1 1/2 teaspoons Maggi seasoning sauce
1/2 teaspoons soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon dark soy sauce
1 teaspoon oyster sauce
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon Chinese rice wine or sherry
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon sugar

Marinate the beef with all the Marinade ingredients, about 15 minutes.

Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a wok or skillet over high heat. Stir-fry the beef until the beef is browned on the outside but still pink inside. Dish out and set aside.
Heat the remaining oil in a wok or skillet over high heat. Stir-fry the garlic and the ginger until aromatic, and then add the green bell pepper, red bell pepper, onion, and black pepper. Stir-fry until you smell the aroma from the ingredients in the wok.

Transfer the beef back into the wok or skillet. Stir-fry until the beef is cooked through and the center of the meat is no longer pink, about 1-2 minutes. Dish out and serve immediately with steamed rice.

Ginger Scallion Beef

8 oz beef flap meat beef tenderloin or beef flank steak, sliced
2 tablespoons oil
1- inch ginger peeled and thinly shredded
3 stalks scallions cut into 2-inch lengths
1 teaspoon cornstarch

Sauce:
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 teaspoon Maggi seasoning
1 teaspoon sesame oil
4 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1/2 tablespoons dry Sherry or Shaoxing wine optional
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 dash white pepper powder

Marinate sliced beef with the cornstarch for 10 minutes.

Combine all the Sauce ingredients, mix well and set aside.

In a wok, heat up the oil until very high heat, stir-fry shredded ginger until fragrant. Toss in beef slices and continue to stir-fry for a few minutes, or until beef is cooked.

Add in the Sauce and stir-fry a couple of times or until the sauce thickens. All scallions, stir dish out and serve with steamed rice.

Mongolian Beef

2 tablespoons oil
12 oz beef tenderloin thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic minced
1 inch peeled ginger thinly sliced
2 stalks scallions cut into 2-inch strips

Marinade:
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon Chinese rice wine or Shaoxing wine

Sauce:
2 teaspoons oyster sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon dark soy sauce
3 dashes ground white pepper
1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon sugar or to taste
Salt to taste

Marinate the beef slices with the Marinade for 30 minutes.

Heat up a wok with 1 tablespoon of oil and stir-fry the marinated beef until they are half-done. Dish out and set aside.

Heat up the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil and stir-fry the garlic and ginger until aromatic.

Add the beef back into the wok and then the sauce. Continue to stir-fry until the beef slices are almost done, then add the scallions. Do a few quick stirs. dish out and serve hot.

Mongolian Chicken

10 oz. boneless and skinless chicken breast cut into cubes
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 tablespoon Chinese rice wine or Shaoxing rice wine , optional
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
1 1/2 tablespoon oils
2 cloves garlic minced
1- inch piece ginger peeled and sliced
6 stalks scallions cut into 2-inch strips
White sesame optional

Sauce:
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/4 cup water
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon dark soy sauce

Marinate the chicken with soy sauce, rice wine (if using), sesame oil and corn starch. Stir to mix well.

In a small bowl, mix all the ingredients for the Sauce together. Stir to mix well. Set aside.

Heat up a skillet or wok on high heat. Add 1/2 tablespoon oil and add the chicken. Toss and stir fry until the surface turns white but not completely cooked. Dish out and set aside.

Clean up the skillet or wok with paper towels, and add the remaining 1 tablespoon cooking oil. When the oil is heated, add the garlic and ginger, stir fry until aromatic. Add the chicken and do a few quick stirs before adding the Sauce. Stir continuously until the sauce thickens and the chicken is cooked through. Add the scallions, stir to combine well. Top the chicken with some sesame and serve immediately.

Sesame Beef

1 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
2 cloves garlic minced
8 oz flank steak sliced
1/4 red bell pepper sliced
1/4 teaspoon red chili flakes or more to taste
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon dark brown sugar
1/3 cup water
2 stalks green onion cut into 2-inch length
White sesame seeds for garnishing

Marinade:
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dark soy sauce optional

Marinade the beef with all the Marinade ingredients. Set aside for 10 minutes.

Heat up a wok or skillet over high heat. Add the sesame oil, swirl to coat. Add the garlic and stir-fry until aromatic or when they turn light brown.

Add the beef and stir continuously, for 1 minute.

Add the red bell pepper, chili flakes, soy sauce, dark brown sugar, and water. Cook until the sauce slightly thickened, about 1 minute.

Add the scallion, do a few quick stirs, dish out, top with sesame seeds and serve immediately.

Scallion Beef

Ingredients:
10 oz beef tenderloin thinly sliced
2 1/2 tablespoons cooking oil
3 stalks scallion cut into 2-inch strips
1/2 onion sliced
3 cloves garlic thinly sliced

Marinade:
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon Chinese Shaoxing wine or dry sherry

Sauce:
2 teaspoons oyster sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon dark soy sauce
3 dashes white pepper powder
1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon sugar or to taste
Salt to taste

Marinate the beef slices with all the ingredients in Marinade for 10 minutes.

Heat up a wok with 1 tablespoon of oil and stir-fry the marinated beef until they are half-done. Dish out and set aside. Drain the bloody water from the beef.

Heat up the remaining oil and stir-fry the garlic and onion until aromatic. Add the beef back into the wok and do a few quick stirs before adding the Sauce. Continue to stir-fry until the beef slices are completely cooked, then add the scallions into the wok. Do a few quick stirs, add salt and more sugar to taste, dish out and serve hot with steamed rice.

Ideas for Egg Lunches: Malaysian Eggplant Sambal

6 oz. eggplant
1 1/2 tablespoons dried shrimps soaked in warm water and then rinsed
1 1/2 – 2 tablespoons sambal paste if you like spicy, use 2 tablespoons
1/4 teaspoon sugar
3/4 teaspoon fish sauce or to taste
2 tablespoons oil

Use a mortar and pestle to pound the sambal ingredients or use a mini food processor to blend well.

Heat up a wok with oil. As soon as the oil is heated, transfer the sambal paste into the wok and stir-fry continuously for a few minutes or until you smell the heat from the sambal or the oil separates from the sambal.

Dish out and set aside. Refrigerate for future use.

Ideas for Egg Lunches: Malaysian Sambal Telur

4 hard boiled eggs
2 – 3 tablespoons sambal

Cooked Sambal:
6 oz. fresh red chilies (seeded and cut into small pieces
1 tablespoon toasted belacan Malaysian shrimp paste
4 oz. shallots
1/4 teaspoon salt or to taste
2 teaspoons fish sauce
2 1/2 teaspoons sugar/palm sugar or to taste
4 tablespoons oil
1/2 onion cut into rings

Prepare the sambal by grinding chilies, shallots, and toasted belacan in a mini food processor. Make sure the sambal paste is well blended and smooth.

Heat up a wok with oil and “tumis” (sauté) the sambal paste and onion rings until aromatic or when the oil separates from the sambal paste.

Add the seasonings: salt, sugar/palm sugar, and fish sauce and do a quick stir, dish out and set aside.

To make sambal telur, add 2-3 tablespoons of sambal back into the wok plus peeled hard boiled eggs. Make sure the eggs are nicely coated with the sambal. Dish out and serve hot.

Daging Masak Kicap (Malaysian Soy Sauce Beef)

8 oz beef flap meat cut into pieces
2 shallots sliced thinly (or 1/4 onion, sliced)
2 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons kicap/kecap manis sweet soy sauce
1 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce or to taste

Rinse the beef with water and cut it across the grain into pieces. Pat dry and set aside.

Heat up a wok with the oil. When the oil is heated, add the shallots and stir fry until aromatic or when the shallots turn light brown. Add the beef into the wok and stir for a few times. Add the sweet soy sauce and soy sauce and stir to blend well with the beef. Cook for a few minutes or until the beef is cooked through. Dish out and serve immediately.

Recipe Notes
You can add a few bird’s-eye chilies or some cut red chilies if you want it spicy. You can also add a lemongrass (white-part only, pounded) to make it extra aromatic.

Asian Sweet and Sour Meatballs (Pork or Chicken)

12 oz ground pork or ground chicken
1/2- inch piece peeled ginger finely minced
2 cloves garlic finely minced
1/4 teaspoon five-spice powder optional
1 teaspoon sesame oil
3 dashes ground white pepper
Pinch of salt
Oil for pan-frying
1/2 small onion quartered

Sweet and Sour Sauce:
2 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablespoons Thai sweet chili sauce
1 teaspoon Chinese rice vinegar or Apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch

Combine the ground pork or chicken with ginger, garlic, five-spice powder (if using), sesame oil, pepper and salt. Stir to combine well. Wet both hands with some water and shape into 24 meatballs. Set aside.

Heat up a wok or skillet with some oil, pan-fry the meatballs until they turn light to golden brown. Drained them on a plate lined with paper towels.

Clean the wok or skillet. Heat it up with a little bit oil. Add the onion and do a few quick stirs. Add the sweet and sour sauce and cook it until it’s thickened, then add the meatballs. Stir to coat well with the sauce. Dish out and serve immediately.

Asian Chicken Meatballs

1 lb. boneless skineless chicken thighs
1/4 small onion diced
3-4 small garlic peeled
1 egg white
1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
3 dashes black pepper
10 cilantro leaves roughly chopped
Mashed green peas optional
Finely diced carrots optional
3 dashes cayenne pepper
Oil for shallow frying

Blend the chicken, onion, garlic, egg white, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a food processor until well combined.

Transfer the ground chicken out in a bowl and stir in the chopped cilantro leaves.

For kids and toddlers friendly meatballs, fold in the the mashed peas and diced carrots. Add the cayenne pepper. Stir to combine well.

Ginger Scallion Chicken

1 chicken breast deboned, skinned and cut into thin pieces
4 stalks of scallions cut into 2-inch lengths
2 inches fresh ginger peeled and sliced into pieces
3 tablespoons cooking oil one tablespoon for marinating chicken
1/2 tablespoon of potato flour or cornstarch
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
1/2 tablespoon Shaoxing cooking wine
1/4 teaspoon sugar
3 dashes white pepper
Salt to taste

Marinate the chicken with potato flour or cornstarch and add one tablespoon of oil to seal in the juice of the chicken. Set aside for 10 minutes.

Heat up your wok and add the remaining cooking oil into the wok. When the wok gets very hot and begins to smoke, add in the ginger and stir for a few seconds, then add the white part of the scallions and stir a few times.

Add in the chicken and continue to stir well. Just when the chicken starts to cook through, add in the oyster sauce, sesame oil, cooking wine, white pepper, sugar, and toss the wok a few times.

Add salt to taste, if it’s not salty enough.

Add in the green part of the scallion, stir quickly and remove from heat and serve immediately with steamed white rice.

Stir-Fried Chicken and Noodles

6 oz. skinless and boneless chicken thigh or leg meat cut into small pieces
10 oz. fresh egg noodles
3 tablespoons cooking oil
2 cloves garlic minced
1/2 cup shredded cabbage
1/4 cup shredded carrot
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
2 tablespoons water

Marinade:
1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon oyster sauce
1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon Shaoxing wine
3 dashes white pepper
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil

Garnishing:
Sesame seeds
Scallion sliced diagonally

Rinse the fresh egg noodles with cold water, drain the excess water and set aside.

In a small mixing bowl, marinate the chicken with all the all the seasonings in the Marinade, for 15 minutes.

Heat up a wok with 1 tablespoon of the cooking oil. When the wok is heated, add the chicken into the wok and pan-fry the chicken until slightly charred and blackened on both sides.

Remove the chicken from the wok and into a bowl. Set aside.

Clean the wok and heat it up with the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil. Add in the minced garlic and stir-fry until light brown or aromatic.

Add the shredded cabbage and carrot into the wok and do a few quick stirs.

Stir in the noodles, soy sauce, oyster sauce, and water.

Continue to stir fry until the noodles are well blended with the seasonings and completely cooked through.

Dish out and transfer into two serving bowls. Top the chicken noodles with the chicken (and its juice), garnish with the sesame seeds and scallion. Serve immediately.

Ayam Pelalah (Balinese Shredded Chicken)

400 g chicken breast

Aromatic herbs:
2 salam leaves Indonesian bay leaves
3 kaffir lime leaves daun jeruk
2 stalks lemongrass , bruised and tie into a knot
Juice from 3 limes limau, optional

Spice paste:
10 red chilies deseeded and sliced
6 bird eye chilies sliced
10 shallots sliced
5 garlic chopped
3 cm fresh turmeric root sliced
½ teaspoon toasted shrimp paste terasi/belachan
1 tablespoons olive oil or coconut oil
Oil for frying
Salt and sugar to taste

Preheat the oven 180 degree Celsius. Rub the chicken breast with the olive oil or coconut oil and season with salt. Place the chicken on a baking tray and roast until done, about 40 minutes.

Using a mortar and pestle or food processor, combine chilies, shallots, garlic and turmeric, grind to a smooth paste. If you using a blender, make sure to add a little bit of water or cooking oil to blend the ingredients.

Heat 5 tablespoons of the cooking oil in a wok, add in the spice paste, lemongrass, bay leaves, and kaffir lime leaves, stir-fry until fragrant. Season with salt and sugar to taste. Add in another tablespoon of cooking oil if you want. Remove from the heat and transfer into a bowl, set aside.

Back to the chicken in the oven. When it’s done roasting, remove from the oven and let cool. Discard the skin and deboned, shred the meat into medium-thick strips. Take a spoonful of the spice paste, combine with the chicken meat with the spice paste, toss well until the chicken until the chicken is perfectly coated with the spice paste. Add another spoon of the spice paste if not well coated. Serve the remaining spice paste as a side or as sambal.

Meanwhile, heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat, place half of the chicken and stir-fry for about 2 minutes, repeat the same for the remaining chicken. (I did this step because I found that the shredded chicken meat was a bit wet after being mixed with the spice paste so by doing the quick stir-fry, the texture is what I wanted, a slightly dried up shredded chicken that I love. If you use charcoal to grill the chicken, coal-grill, other than oven grill/roasting, I don’t think of this step is required.)

Transfer the chicken onto a a serving plate and squeeze the juice of the lime before serving.

Recipe Notes
The limau lime (jeruk limo/nasnaran Mandarin), or jeruk sambal is used for enhancing the flavor of sambal and sauces. It’s commonly used in Balinese cooking. The fruit is small with a smooth skin surface, it releases an aromatic and citrucy smell when it’s touched and squeezed.

Malaysian Mango Chicken

8 oz skinless and boneless chicken thigh breast or leg, cut into bite-size pieces
2 tablespoons oil
1/2 small onion quartered
1/2 small red bell pepper cut into chunks
1/2 small green bell pepper slivered into 1-inch lengths
1/2 medium ripe green mango peeled, pitted and slivered

Marinade:
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 dash of black pepper
1 teaspoon cornstarch

Sauce:
2-3 tablespoons tomato puree or tomato ketchup
2 tablespoon chili sauce Lingham or Maggi
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon A1 Steak sauce
1 teaspoon honey
2-3 tablespoons mango juice pineapple juice, or water
1/2-1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar balsamic or black vinegar
sugar and salt to taste

Marinate chicken pieces with Marinade ingredients for 10 minutes.

Mix the Sauce ingredients in a bowl. Adjust sugar and other Sauce ingredients to your liking. Set sauce mixture aside.

Heat up a little oil in a wok, stir-fry onions, red and green bell peppers until fragrant and slightly charred. Dish up and set aside.

Heat up 2 tablespoons of oil in a wok, toss in marinated chicken pieces, mango slivers and give it a quick swirl for 1 minute or until the chicken gets a bit sticky on the wok. Cover wok and simmer on medium-high heat for another 2 minutes to draw the mango juice out.

Remove wok cover, add in the sauce mixture, stir well and bring it to a quick boil. Cover wok, turn heat to medium-low and let it simmer until the chicken is thoroughly cooked.

Toss in items from step 3., stir well, salt and sugar to taste. Dish up and serve with steamed white rice.