Sesame Orange Chicken Stir Fry

Anita and I eat a lot of stir fry dishes in the winter. They are quick and easy to make and this method of cooking yields delicious meats and vegetables that are cooked to perfection - almost never over-cooked. We are still using up our bag of mandarin oranges so we decided to do another orange based dish. but this time the recipe uses chicken and sesame oil and seeds to give it a different more Asian flavor. It is delicious.

This is the other plating using a light blue bowl with a brown exterior and a matching plate. The contrast with the orange zest and the green of the snow peas is exquisite.


                

Makes:          Dinner for 2
Prep Time:    25 minutes
Cook Time:   20 minutes

INGREDIENTS:
1 boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces

2 t soy sauce

1 t dry sherry

2 T cornstarch

Enough light sesame oil to coat the cooking area of the wok

1/3 C Mandarin orange juice

Zest from 2 Mandarin oranges

2 cloves garlic, crushed

Minced ginger from 1” piece

Pinch of red pepper flakes

1 T low sodium soy sauce

1 t dry sherry

1 t rice vinegar

1 T sugar

1 t cornstarch

1T toasted sesame oil

2 T toasted sesame seeds

½ lb. snow peas

3 large green onions

Cooked rice

PREPARATION:
1. Cut up chicken. Mix soy sauce, dry sherry and cornstarch with a small whisk. Add chicken and coat. Set aside. Cook rice while making sauce.

2. In a small bowl, whisk together orange juice, garlic, ginger, red pepper flakes, soy sauce, dry sherry, rice vinegar, sugar, cornstarch and toasted sesame oil. Set aside.

3. Zest the Mandarin oranges and set aside on a paper towel.

4. Place wok on a wok ring and turn the flame to high. When the wok is hot, add the light sesame oil. When oil is hot, add the coated chicken. Cook chicken until done and slightly brown.

5. Add the snow peas and the sauce and stir fry until the sauce has thickened and the 
snow peas are lightly cooked.

PLATING:
1. Put rice on the bottom of 2 heated Asian stir fry bowls.
2. Place chicken and snow pea mixture on top.
3. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and orange zest.
4. If courageous, serve with chop sticks.

Bon appetit,
Tom and Anita