Vegetable & Chicken Stir Fry

 

Ingredients

1/4 cup canola oil

1 medium onion, halved and thinly sliced

1/2 pound skinless, boneless chicken thighs, cut into thin strips

1 tablespoon Asian fish sauce

1 small head of broccoli, cut into 1-inch florets

1 celery rib, thinly sliced

4 ounces snow peas (1 1/2 cups)

1 garlic clove, thinly sliced

1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger

1 teaspoon sambal oelek or Chinese chile-garlic sauce

1 tablespoon hoisin sauce

1 tablespoon oyster sauce

1 cup mung bean sprouts

2 tablespoons shredded basil leaves

1 tablespoon fresh lime juice

Steamed jasmine rice, for serving

 

Directions

1. Heat a wok until very hot. Add 2 tablespoons of the canola oil and when it is nearly smoking, add the sliced onion and chicken strips. Stir-fry over high heat until the chicken is lightly browned in spots but not cooked through, about 3 minutes. Add the fish sauce and stir-fry for 10 seconds. Scrape the chicken onto a medium plate and wipe out the wok.
2. Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil in the wok. Add the broccoli, celery, snow peas, garlic and ginger and stir-fry over high heat until crisp-tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Return the chicken to the wok along with any accumulated juices. Add the sambal and hoisin and oyster sauces and stir-fry just until the chicken is cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes longer. Add the bean sprouts, basil and lime juice and toss well. Transfer to a bowl and serve right away, with steamed jasmine rice.

 

Fried Rice

 


This is good with a whole grain rice, like Carolina.

Ingredients
3 cups rice
1 lb bacon
6 eggs
1 onion, or green onions
frozen peas
shredded lettuce
bean sprouts
soy sauce
sesame oil

Preparation
Cook rice. Fry bacon, drain on paper towels, drain fat from pan. Scramble eggs and cook in pan. Set aside. Cook onions in sesame oil, add peas for 2 minutes. Combine all ingredients and warm thru until lettuce wilts. Add soy sauce to taste. This is good with ham or chicken too.

Servings 6-8
Prep Time 25 mins
Approx cost $6