Beyond the Block Magazine Ed 1

Seal in and enhance flavours with the cook-in-a-bag technique, creating a range of flavour packed, restaurant quality cooked ready meals for your customers to heat and enjoy at home.

Succulent seasoned meat and vegetables in rich and flavour packed sauces, these recipes couldn’t be any easier to make when using Verstegen Sauces & Marinades and the Rational iCombi Cooking System.

Sweet & Sour Chicken

INGREDIENTS 1000g Chicken (1 inch dice)

20g Verstegen Tjap Tjoi Composition 800g Verstegen Sweet & Sour Sauce

150g Diced Red Onion 200g Diced Peppers Fresh Parsley METHOD • Season the chicken with the Tjap Tjoi Composition. • Add the vegetables and Sauce and mix well. • Place into a boilable vac bag and vacuum on 90% making sure the thickness of the bag with filling is no thicker than 2 inches to allow for even cooking. • Steam cook at 85°C for 1.5 hours. • Place into a blast chiller to cool. • Once cooled, place into a display tray or smoothwall tray for sale. COOKING GUIDE • Oven bake at 180°C for 20-25 mins or cook in a pan until piping hot.

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