Tom Kerridge served up tasty Chinese-style chicken pancakes with Sichuan pepper and plum sauce on Lose Weight and Get Fit.

The ingredients are: 6 chicken thighs, bone in and skin removed, 1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder, 1-calorie sunflower oil spray, 10–12 Chinese pancakes, sea salt and freshly ground white pepper.

For the plum sauce: 400g ripe plums, stoned and quartered, 2 star anise, ¼ tsp Sichuan peppercorns, lightly crushed, 1 garlic clove, grated, 2cm piece fresh root ginger, peeled and grated, 1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder, 2½ tbsp red wine vinegar, 1 tsp granulated sweetener, 1 tsp soft brown sugar, 1 tbsp soy sauce, salt and freshly ground black pepper.

To serve: ½ cucumber, trimmed and julienned and 3 spring onions, trimmed and julienned.

See Tom’s recipes in his book titled: Lose Weight & Get Fit: 100 high-flavour recipes for dieting and fitness available from Amazon now.