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Ingredients
- Peanut Oil
- 3 Chicken Breasts, cut into cubes (can also use beef, shrimp, or pork)
- Splash of Soy Sauce
- Drizzle of Sesame Oil
- 1 Medium Onion
- 2 Cloves Garlic
- 2 Tablespoons Fresh Ginger, minced (2 to 3)
- 1 Red Bell Pepper, cut into chunks (can also use yellow or green bell peppers)
- 10 White Mushrooms, sliced (can use any mushrooms you like)
- 1 Can Pineapple, tidbits
- 1 Can Sliced Waterchestnuts
- 1/4 Cup Chicken Broth
- 1/2 Cup Low Sodium Soy Sauce
- 3 Tablespoons Sugar
- 1/4 Cup Chicken Broth
- 2 Rounded Teaspoons Arrowroot
- Rice Vinegar
- Sesame Oil
- Fresh Cilantro
Preparation
Step 1
After cutting meat into chunks, drizzle with soy sauce and sesame oil. Set aside.
Prepare all vegetables and have them ready.
Mix 1/2 cup soy sauce with sugar. Stir together and set aside.
Mix 1/4 cup chicken broth with arrowroot. Stir together and set aside.
Measure an additional 1/4 cup chicken broth. Set aside.
To begin stir fry, heat skillet or wok over high heat. When it’s hot, drizzle in 2 tablespoons peanut oil. Add meat to skillet and fry quickly, stirring around for 3 to 3 minutes. When brown and just cooked through, remove to a separate bowl.
Add additional 1 tablespoon peanut oil to same skillet.
Throw in onions and cook for 1 minute.
Add red bell pepper and cook for 30 seconds.
Add garlic and ginger. Stir.
Add pineapple and stir. Cook for 45 seconds.
Add water chestnuts. Stir.
Pour in 1/4 cup chicken broth.
Pour in soy sauce/sugar mixture.
Drizzle in 1 teaspoon rice vinegar.
Drizzle in 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil.
Dump in cooked chicken. Stir together.
Pour in chicken broth/arrowroot mixture.
Stir together, then turn off heat. Sauce should be much thicker.
At the very end, seconds before serving, stir in 1/2 cup (or up to 1 cup) roughly chopped cilantro.
Serve over cooked rice.
Variations:
*Can use any of the following vegetables: broccoli, snow peas, zucchini, any color of bell pepper, any mushroom, water chestnuts, green onions
*Add 1/2 cashew halves to make it even more yummy
*Eat with chopsticks if you want to feel really cool