Sweet and Sour Chicken

I'm not entirely sure where my mom found this recipe, but she makes a pretty great sweet and sour chicken. It's a bit time consuming to make since you have to batter and fry the chicken, but I think it's worth it for the final product.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 pounds of boneless chicken breast

1 large green pepper cubed

1 large red pepper cubed

1 large yellow onion cut in large pieces

1 can sliced water chestnuts

1 1/2 cups bean sprouts

1 pineapple, chopped into 1 1/2 inch pieces

1/2 cup vegetable oil

Batter:

1 cup flour

1/2 cup water

2 eggs

1/2 tsp seasoning salt

Sauce:

4 tsp cornstarch dissolved into 1 cup orange juice

1/2 cup water

3/4 cup of sugar

8 tsp

1/2 cup ketchup
8 tsp soy sauce
3 tsp vegetable oil

Mix together sauce ingredients and reserve. Heat oil in a deep wok. Cut chicken into 1 inc pieces. Mix batter and dip chicken into batter. Once oil has heated to 350, fry chicken and flip after 2-4 minutes on each side until evenly browned and remove from oil. Add peppers, onion, chestnuts, and pineapple to oil and stir-fry for 4 minutes. Add sauce to veggies and cook for another 2 minutes. Return chicken to wok and toss with vegetables until chicken is evenly coated with sauce. Serve over steamed rice.

Veggie Mu Shu

This dish was totally worth the sodium influx!

I tend to always have a full veggie drawer, so I love me some stir fry. It's quick, easy and generally delicious. Also, stir fry is great when you're cooking for one (Kyler's on a fishing trip).

The fixin's (adjust proportions-based on how many you're cooking for any which veggies you're in the mood for):
1/5 small head of shredded white cabbage
1/4 cup of shredded carrots
1/3 cup of sliced mushrooms (whatever variety you have on hand)
1/3 cup of thinly sliced bamboo shoots
1 stalk celery
1 scallion chopped
1 clove crushed garlic
1 egg beaten
1 tsp sesame oil
2 flour tortillas
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp corn starch
hoisin sauce to taste
siracha to taste

steps to yum:

In a bowl, mix soy sauce and cornstarch. Add small drizzle of sesame oil  to fry pan, once heated add egg. When egg is cooked in a pancake, remove from pan and slice into 1/4 inch strips. Add remaining oil to pan along with garlic and vegetables. After the veggies are cooked to your liking (3-5 minutes) return egg to pan, proceed to add soy sauce mixture. Top tortillas with as little or as much of the stir fry as you're in the mood for. Top with hoisin sauce, siracha (if you like things spicy) and scallions.

 

Note: I was planning on including tofu, but my fridge was too cold so my tofu froze :(