Tonight, I decided to make a quick chicken stir fry.

With fresh vegetables, Thai cargo rice, and lean chicken breast, this meal is healthy and balanced. Using several different sauces creates a wonderful variety of flavors in the final dish.

Are you ready to give this recipe a try?

Spicy and Sweet Chicken Stir Fry

Ingredients:

 – Stir fry

• 1 chicken breast, cut into 3/4 inch cubes
• 1 carrot, halved and bias sliced
• 1 stalk of celery, bias sliced
• 1/2 small onion, radially sliced
• 2 tsp mined garlic
• 1 1/2 cup broccoli flowerets
• 1 tbsp of rice vinegar
• 2 tbsp peanut oil

 – Sauce

• 1/3 cup of spicy banana sauce
• 1 tsp sriracha sauce
• 1 tbsp of hoisin sauce
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• 1 1/2 tsp soy sauce
• 1/3 cup cold water
• togarishi (optional)

 – Rice

• 1/2 cup of rice
• 1 cup of water
• 1 tsp toasted sesame oil

 – Garnish (optional)

• Sesame seeds
• Sesame oil
• Green onions/Scallions, sliced

Preparation:

In a small saucepan, heat the water and sesame oil to boiling. Add the rice, stir well to incorporate and return to a boil. Cover, lower heat and simmer until water is absorbed.  Combine all the sauce ingredients together and let stand (but keep the whisk handy to use right before adding as the final step!)

Below, I have staged my stir fry ingredients and sauce

When the rice is nearly finished cooking (within 5 minutes), in a large skillet or wok, heat peanut oil until it shimmers. Add the cubed chicken and togarishi, stir frying the chicken until all sides are no longer pink. The chicken will not be completely cooked at this point, but will be by the time all the rest of the vegetables are cooked. Add the broccoli and stir fry for a 2 minutes before adding the rice vinegar and covering the pan to steam the flowerets to a bright green.  Now add the carrots and celery, stir frying them with the chicken and broccoli. Lastly add the onions and garlic, stir fry for 2 -3 minutes until the garlic is fragrant.

Now whisk the sauce and add it to the hot pan, stirring to coat the chicken and vegetables as it thickens from the cornstarch. If your sauce seems too thick, add a splash of water to thin it slightly. When the sauce is heated through and the consistency you desire, turn off the heat and plate your chicken stir fry.

Enjoy!