One Recipe, Two Meals: Chicken Stir-Fry
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 4 servings (2 kids, 2 adults)
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 4 servings
- Calories
- 684
- Total Fat
- 19
- Saturated Fat
- 3
- Carbohydrates
- 90
- Dietary Fiber
- 5
- Sugar
- 4
- Protein
- 35
- Cholesterol
- 83
- Sodium
- 897
- Total: 40 min
- Prep: 15 min
- Inactive: 5 min
- Cook: 20 min
Ingredients
4 to 5 tablespoons sesame oil
1 pound chicken breast, thinly sliced
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
1 cup frozen mixed veggies, thawed
1 box (14 ounces) stir-fry rice noodles
3 scallions, finely sliced
Sesame seeds, for garnish
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon freshly minced ginger root
1 tablespoon lemongrass paste
1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 bag (6 ounces) snow peas, sliced on the diagonal
3 tablespoons soy sauce
Juice of 1 lime
Directions
- Heat 2 tablespoons of the sesame oil in a large saute pan. Add the chicken to the pan, and sprinkle with salt and pepper; sear on one side for 3 minutes. Flip and sear until you see nice browning all over, another minute or two. Remove the chicken and set aside.
- Add the thawed veggies to the pan to simply warm through.
- In the meantime, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the rice noodles and boil for about 1 minute. Remove from the heat and let stand for about 5 minutes. Drain the noodles.
- At this point you're ready to serve the kids! Using tongs, grab a small mound of noodles and plate them. Top with the warm veggies and a few slices of chicken. If your kids can dig a little scallion, by all means, garnish away! Sesame seeds are fun, too.
- Now let's continue on for our adult mouth holes.
- Back in the saute pan, bring another tablespoon or two of sesame oil to a medium-high heat. Add the garlic, ginger and lemongrass. Let bloom and saute for about 30 seconds, then add the red bell pepper and snow peas. Sprinkle with a small pinch of salt and pepper. Toss and saute a couple of minutes, until the veggies slightly soften and pop in color.
- Add the chicken to the pan, along with as many noodles as you can fit. Add the soy sauce, lime juice and maybe 1 more tablespoon of sesame oil. Toss everything together to coat.
- Serve on a huge platter (or individual plates) garnished with scallions and sesame seeds!