Chicken and Fresh Plum Sauce

Stone fruit season !  This is a great one to use some fresh plums.

• 8 chicken fillets
• 1/3 cup Cornflour
• 1 teaspoon Five Spice powder
• 125gm Butter
• 2 large Onions sliced
• 2 Celery sticks, sliced
• 1 medium Green Pepper, sliced

Plum Sauce

• 1 tablespoon Oil
• 1 large Onion, chopped
• 2 cloves Garlic, crushed
• 2 teaspoons grated fresh Ginger
• 750gm red Plums, chopped
• 1/4 cup Brown Sugar
• 1/4 cup Water
• 2 teaspoons light Soy Sauce

For Sauce

1. Heat Oil in fry pan,  add Onion, Garlic and Ginger, stir-fry until soft
2. Add Plums, Sugar, Water, and Soy Sauce.  Cover and bring to boil
3. Reduce heat, simmer uncovered, until mixture is pulpy

For Chicken 

1. Cut chicken into thin strips and toss into combined Cornflour and Five Spice powder
2. Melt Butter in fry pan, add Chicken in batches. Stir-fry until lightly browned and tender.  Remove from pan
3. Add Onions, Celery and Pepper to pan (add more butter if required) Stir-fry until tender
4. Add plum sauce, and stir-fry until heated through