Nice one PJ, am def going to try these three out!

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Inspired by Takeaway style Sweet and sour chicken with vegetables and noodles, this is easy both simple to make and a more sophisticated combination of textures and flavours.

The key to low fat stir “frying” is to use enough sauce to lubricate the mix and avoid turning the heat too high which will evaporate the liquid too fast so the food sticks and burns.

If the mix starts to look dry, just add a tablespoon of water

Using pasta in place of thread noodles gives the dish more bite.

You’ll find hoi sin sauce in any supermarket with the soy sauce.

Calorie count

Approx 400 calories per serving

Kit you’ll need

60 ml orange juice
2 teaspoon hoi sin sauce
250g duck breast, sliced into bite sized strips
125 ml water
½ tablespoon marmalade
1 tsp cornflour
100g mange tout peas
125g tagliatelli pasta

Bowl
Knife
Measuring jug
Spoons
Wok or large shallow frying pan
Saucepan with lid
Colander

Step by step instructions

- Place the orange juice, hoisin sauce and duck in the bowl and stir to coat the meat with sauce
- Bring a pan of water to the boil, add the pasta and begin to cook according to packet instructions
- Put the meat and sauce in the wok and cook with stirring over a medium heat until the meat has lost its pink colour
- Add the mange tout, and continue to cook for 4 to 5 mins with stirring until the meat is cooked through and the mange tout have softened
- Sprinkle over the cornflour and cook with stirring until the sauce has thickened

Points for style

Oranges partner red and white meats equally, so use pork, beef or chicken in place of duck if you have them to hand.

If you have time marinate the meat in the orange sauce for an hour or more in the fridge before cooking.

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Sounds really nice, i might give this a go on Sunday.

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sorry for asking a possibly dumb question ...

what could i use instead of mangetout peas, I know my boys just won't eat those

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would they eat green beans, sugar snaps, peppers, asparagus, baby corn, anything green?

if your kids won't eat mangetout then what will they eat!

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it's a pea thing ...

baby corn, that'll do

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they don't look like peas you know...

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is there not little peas inside them ?

you've got me worried now, if I'm thinking of the right things

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they're flat and green, with little bumps. I never actually cut them open to expose the baby peas though.

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ah, but a 9 y/o will do just that and then my deceit will be exposed ...

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