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Sweet Gingered Chicken and Green Bean Stir fry
Ingredients
- 2 cups of boneless, skinless chicken breast meat cut into bite sized pieces
- 1 1/2 cups green beans
- 5 large white mushrooms, sliced
- 1 medium diced white onion
- 1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
- !/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp Hoisin sauce
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1 Tbsp minced fresh ginger
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp dark sesame oil
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 cup low sodium chicken stock
- 1 Tbsp corn starch
Directions
- Combine soy sauce, brown sugar, minced garlic, minced ginger,
vinegar, Hoisin sauce, cayenne pepper, and 1/2 tsp of the dark sesame
oil to form a marinade. Marinate sliced chicken in this mixture
for 1 hour.
- Saute the onions, green beans, and mushrooms in vegetable oil and
the remaining sesame oil over medium high heat until the mushrooms begin
the release their water and the onions turn golden.
- Add garlic powder, black pepper and 1/4 cup of the chicen stock and
stir until the stock is almost evaporated. Remove to a bowl and set
aside.
- Remove the chicken from the marinade (set marinade aside for later) In a
non stick pan or wok that has been coated with cooking spray, stir fry
the chicken over medium high heat. Remove any additional sauce from the pan
and add to the marinade.
- Place a tbsp of cornstarch in the reserved marinade and stir well to incorporate.
- When the chicken is cooked through, add the reserved vegetables and
marinade and bring to the boil. Add 1/4 cup chicken stock to thin sauce out
if needed.
- Serve over jasmine rice.