Chicken, Mushrooms, Onions and Peppers Stir Fry

From How to Cook Without a Book: Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by Heart. You could just as easily use pork, beef, shrimp, scallops or tofu rather than chicken and mix and match the vegetables according to what you've got on hand. The vegetables should add up to about a pound, plus or minus.

Sauce:

1/4 cup chicken broth
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tsp rice vinegar
2 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp hot red pepper flakes
1 tsp sugar

Stir Fry:

1 pound boneless skinless chicken cut in bite sized pieces
1 Tbs soy sauce
1 Tbs sherry
1 onion, cut in wedges
some mushrooms, sliced
some red pepper, sliced thinly
some orange pepper, sliced thinly
some green onions, sliced in 1″ pieces
1 Tbs garlic, minced
1 Tbs ginger, minced
2 tsp cornstarch
2 Tbs chicken broth
3 Tbs peanut oil

Mix the sauce ingredients together and set aside.

Mix the chicken with the soy sauce and sherry and set aside.

Prepare all the vegetables, including garlic and ginger, and set aside, leaving in small piles on your cutting board or on a large plate.

Mix the cornstarch and the chicken broth in a small bowl and set aside.

Once everything’s ready, pour 1 Tbs of the oil in deep skillet and heat over high. Add half the chicken and stir fry 2-3 minutes, until just done. Remove to a bowl and then stir fry the other half of the chicken.

Add the remaining oil (2 Tbs) to the skillet and cook the onion until browned slightly but still a bit crisp (1 minute or so). Add the garlic and ginger. If you were doing a different combination of vegetables and some took longer to cook you might add the longer cooking ones now. Cook another minute or two, stirring frequently.

Add any other vegetables to the pan and cook another minute or two, until crisp but tender. Return the chicken to the pan and stir it in.

Add the sauce and stir to coat. Add the cornstarch and chicken broth mixture and stir until everything is warm and the sauce looks a bit shiny and delicious! If it seems too thick, you can add a bit of water or chicken broth.

I served this with steamed rice and stir fried bean sprouts. The girls like their sprouts raw so I set aside a large bowl of raw ones and then cooked the rest.

Chicken, Mushrooms, Onions and Peppers Stir Fry

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