Saturday, May 10, 2008

Honey Ginger Chicken Stir-fry

Probably one of my best recipes to date I made this when I wanted to create General Tso's Chicken, but decided to add honey and eventually it morphed into something else entirely.

Ingredients:

2 Chicken breasts, cut into bit sized pieces
1 head of broccoli, bit sized
2 green leaves, shredded (Swiss chard preferred)
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 tbsp grated ginger, fresh
1 half head of red cabbage, julienned
1 cup bourbon
1/4 cup fish sauce
1/4 cup dark soy sauce
enough honey
1 chili pepper, seeded and sliced

Method:
Place cut up chicken in bowl and cover with enough honey to coat and mix with peppers. Leave to marinate in the fridge for at least 1 hour.

Heat wok on high heat until hot.
Add 2 tbsp of high heat oil (peanut, vegetable, canola)
Add ginger and garlic.
After 30 seconds add vegetables and rapidly cook for 5-7 minutes.
Add chicken and honey and cook until done (5-7 minutes usually... depending on how thinly cut)
Add fish sauce and dark soy.
Remove from heat and add bourbon (to avoid flames). Then return to heat for 5 minutes.
Reduce to low and let thicken or plate immediately and drizzle the thin sauce over the plate.

Serving:
Pasta, rice, quinoa, or add more veggies and plate as is.

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