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Chicken Stir Fry

Sensational stir fry, replicating the taste of your favourite take away dish in your own home.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings: 4 People
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g chicken breast skinless, sliced thinly (washed and pat dry)
  • 2 echalion shallots thinly sliced
  • 125 g shiitake mushroom stalks removed thinly sliced
  • 335 g broccoli florets
  • 250 g pak choi
  • 2 tbsp tamari soy sauce gluten free
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 50 ml boiling water
  • ½ -1 red chilli deseeded, thinly sliced (optional)
Marinade
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 tsp fresh ginger minced
  • 2 tbsp tamari soy sauce gluten free
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp Chinese five spice
Garnish
  • 50 g cashew nuts toasted
  • 1 tbsp. sesame seeds toasted
  • coriander
  • serve with brown rice

Method
 

  1. Wash the chicken breast and pat dry on a kitchen paper towel and slice thinly.
  2. In an oval dish, add the minced garlic, ginger, tamari soy sauce, honey, sesame oil and Chinese five spice and add the sliced chicken, leave to marinate whilst you prep the vegetables.
  3. Place a wok on the stove and add the marinated chicken with the sauce and cook it for 10 minutes on a medium/high heat. Spoon the chicken out of the wok and leave it on a resting plate, leaving the marinade in the wok.
  4. Add the shallots to the wok and cook until soft and translucent. Add the mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes, then add 2 tbsp. tamari and 2 tbsp. honey and cook for a further 2 minutes, then add 50ml boiling water, together with the broccoli, red chili and cook for 5 minutes, then add the pak choi and cook for 2 minutes. Add the chicken back into the frying pan and toss it all together, cooking for a further 3 minutes.
  5. Garnish with toasted sesame seeds, cashew nuts and coriander and serve with brown rice.

Notes

 
LISA’S TIP - Chicken stir-fry is one of my go to recipes for a quick, easy weeknight recipe; you can adapt the vegetables to what you have in your fridge at home. You can also replace the Chicken with Salmon, Beef or Tofu.