INGREDIENTS
4 medium or 6 small chicken breasts, boneless & skinless
3 medium-small potatoes
1 medium onion
3-5 stalks celery
1 medium zucchini (optional)
tomato juice
salt
pepper
cooking oil
YOU WILL NEED
a cutting board
2 large bowls
large wok or frying pan
a wooden spoon, flat spatula, or both
INSTRUCTIONS
~ Bias-slice* celery stalks
~ Slice potatoes thinly. Cut larger pieces in half
~ If including zucchini, bias-slice or slice thinly. Cut larger pieces in half
~ Cut onion into thin strips or dice onion
~ Put all vegetables into one of the bowls. Mix
~ If chicken is frozen, thaw in microwave
~ Sprinkle salt and pepper over chicken, turn over and sprinkle salt and pepper over other side as well
~ Cut chicken into bite-size pieces
~ Pour a small amount of cooking oil into the frying pan
~ Add half of vegetables to frying pan
~ Stir slowly, turning larger pieces over occasionally, until fully cooked
~ Move cooked vegetables into second bowl
~ Add more cooking oil to pan
~ Add remaining vegetables to frying pan
~ Stir slowly, turning larger pieces over occasionally, until fully cooked
~ Put other vegetables back into frying pan
~ Pour in a small amount of tomato juice
~ Stir until all vegetables are coated in juice
~ Move vegetables to one of the bowls
~ Rinse pan
~ Add a small amount of cooking oil to frying pan
~ Add chicken to frying pan
~ Stir slowly, turning over occasionally, until almost fully cooked
~ Return vegetables to frying pan
~ Stir slowly, mixing all ingredients together, until chicken is fully cooked
~ Move to one of the bowls
Appx 6 servings
*Bias-slicing means slicing diagonally, in order to increase surface area. This gives you "bigger" pieces to work with, and helps them cook more evenly.
 Happy Emo Child · Tue Jan 04, 2005 @ 05:19pm · 0 Comments |
