Massive Chicken

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Chicken Stir Fry
or as Catie calls it...
"Massive Chicken"

Are you like me when rushed for preparing a meal do you have a few quick stand-by menus?  One of mine is any kind of stir fry.  It gives you your protein and vegetables all in one quick meal.

First Put a pot of rice on to cook

1 part rice 2 parts water

little salt and butter if you wish
 

What you will need:

You will need boneless, skinless chicken breasts (I used 6 small organic breast sections)
Wash and Pat dry with paper towels.
Slice thinly or cut into cubes

Marinade
1/2 cup Soy Sauce (depending on amount of chicken)
1 tsp fresh ginger or 1/2 tsp ground
1 tsp minced garlic
Mix together pour over chicken. Refrigerate for 15 to 20 minutes.
Remove chicken from marinade
**Reserve marinade to be added back later.**

I cut these into 1" chunks Catie likes it that way.

I love fresh produce, just look at the colors.

Today I used:
6 Mini Sweet Peppers in red, orange and yellow sliced 1/4"

2 cups Sugar Snap Sweet Peas whole

3 sections of Small Organic Celery 1/4" and Carrots 1/8"

One very large Sweet Vidalia Onion chopped or sliced 

1 Teaspoon chopped Garlic chopped finely

Put a tablespoon of Olive Oil/ Sesame Oil, or Oil of your choice into large pan or wok

Heat Medium or a little higher depending on your range; When hot add some of the chicken

Cook turning almost constantly with spatula tongs tool of choice I cooked mine for about 3 minutes *Remember I have 1" chunks if you have thin slices then use your judgement, you will be adding this chicken back to pan with vegetables later and that will cook it a little more."

I cooked mine in little batches because it browns better, too much will make a liquid in pan and takes longer to cook

Remove chicken from pan when cooked

 

Adding oil & a little water

Stir fry vegetables separately until really crisp done **Do not over cook**

Mix

1 1/2 cups water  with 1 teaspoon corn starch
1 chicken bouillon cube (optional)
**Add your marinade that was used on chicken into this.**
Whisk together.

Pour into the pan to deglaze  and make sauce.
Heat stirring constantly because it will thicken quickly, adding more water if needed to reach sauce consistency. You want it to be like a gravy just not too thick.
Add your chicken and vegetables into pan stir coating evenly I'd say for a minute or so.

Serve immediately over the rice or noodles if you choose.

As you can see from pic taken at another time, below you can use any vegetable
that you wish. Use what you have on hand at any given time.

Enjoy!

Dolly