The men in the family requested chicken stir fry for dinner a few days ago. When ever I think of Chicken Stir Fry I think of cooking with my roommates during my college years at Merrimack. Chicken Stir Fry is an affordable meal that can easily be stretched to feed a small army of people. It was a meal we prepared at least once per week for everyone in our apartment building!
Chicken Stir Fry
Rice Ingredients
3 cups water
3 tablespoon salted butter
3 cups white rice (brown rice may be substituted and cooked to your liking)
Chicken Stir Fry Ingredients
8-10 chicken tenders
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 heaping tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup warm water
6 tablespoons chili oil
3 tablespoons pure sesame oil
1 red pepper; cut into bite-size pieces
1 orange pepper; cut into bite-size pieces
6 scallions; White parts diced; green parts reserve
2 cloves garlic; thinly sliced
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
3 cups fresh snow peas
1 large can pineapple rings with juices; cut into pieces
Sauce Ingredients
3 tablespoons fish sauce
2 heaping tablespoons ketchup
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon chili paste
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
3 heaping tablespoons dark brown sugar
3 garlic cloves; roughly chopped
1 tablespoon ground Ginger
reserved chicken marinade
Step-by-Step
1 bring 3 cups water and 3 tablespoons unsalted butter to rolling boil; add dried white rice; stir; cover pan tightly with lid and turn off heat
2 Combine soy sauce and cornstarch in Ziploc bag; shake and mix well until light brown marinade mixture comes together; add chicken tender pieces to bag; seal bag; refrigerate at least one hour
3 combine 3 tablespoons chili oil and sesame oil in large fry pan; heat over high setting
4 add chicken tenders; cook 3 minutes; (reserve marinade in a Ziploc bag) turn chicken tender pieces; cook additional 3 minutes; remove chicken from pan; cut into bite-size pieces
5 in small mini chopper combine all sauce ingredients; add reserved leftover marinade from Ziploc bag; Blend well; reserve
5 add 3 tablespoons chili oil; peppers, white scallion pieces, garlic slices and freshly ground pepper to fry pan sauté four minutes
6 add reserved sauce to pan; mix well; cook four minutes; scrape ingredients from bottom of pan with metal spatula if necessary
7 add snow peas, pineapple and pineapple juices to pan; mix well; continue to scrape bottom of pan loosening any ingredients; cook four minutes over high heat
8 arrange cooked rice in large serving bowl; top with stir fry mixture
9 roughly chop reserved green parts of scallions and sprinkle over top of stir fry; serve
Good Morning Gloucester 