Honey Glazed Chicken Stir Fry
Source: The Natural Mommy
recipe:
12 oz skinless, boneless chicken breast halves or thighs
2 Tbs honey
2 Tbs vinegar
2 Tbs orange juice
4 tsp soy sauce
1 1/2 tsp corn starch
2 Tbs cooking oil
4 cups cut-up vegetables, such as broccoli, sweet pepper, onion, and/or mushrooms (Or be like me, and just buy the frozen stir-fry package for $1!)
2 cups hot cooked rice (make it brown rice for an even healthier meal!)
- Cook the rice first. If you’re like me and use the old-fashioned brown rice, it takes 50 minutes! Can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten to the end of my recipe and found I’ve forgotten all about the rice!
- Cut chicken into bite-sized strips; set aside. For sauce, in a small cereal bowl, whisk together honey, vinegar, orange juice, soy sauce, and cornstarch; set aside.
- Pour oil into a wok or large skillet. (If necessary, add more oil during cooking (I do!)). Heat over medium-high heat. Add vegetables to wok; cook and stir for 3 to 4 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Remove vegetables from wok. Add chicken; cook and stir for 3 or 4 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. Push chicken from the center of the wok. Stir sauce; add to center of the wok. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.
- Return cooked vegetables to wok. Cook and stir about 1 minute more or until heated through. Serve over rice.
- Oh, and I keep meaning to try this because I KNOW it will taste AMAZING, but go ahead and take a handful of sliced almonds and toast them – either by heating in a saute pan and stirring every minute or so until your kitchen is filled with a wonderful almond-aroma, or by heating in the microwave for 4-5 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds. Then sprinkle on top of the stir-fry. Let me know how this goes! Every time, I find the bag of almonds as I’m putting everything away after dinner has already been consumed. And I smack myself on the forehead and give an exasperated sigh.
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