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Quick and Easy Stay at Home ~ “Take Out” ~Chinese Vegetable Dish!!!



Ingredients:

½ onion – sliced
5 cloves of garlic – chopped
1 carrot – sliced
¼ head of cabbage – sliced
Healthy handful of Italian parsley – chopped
1 quart of button mushrooms – sliced
1 Jalapeño – sliced with seeds
3 stalks of celery – sliced
2 inch piece of fresh ginger – sliced thin
½ tsp of cornstarch
Vegetable oil
Sesame oil
2 cups uncooked rice

For the Sauce:

2 tablespoons of creamy peanut butter
2 tablespoons of soy sauce
2 tablespoons of Teriyaki sauce
1 tsp of sesame oil
1 tsp. of your favorite hot sauce
1 tsp. of Vegeta chicken soup mix
1 tsp. of lemon juice
¼ cup water

Prepare the rice as directed with a tsp. of the Vegeta soup mix added to the water.

Heat a large frying pan or wok with a drizzle of vegetable oil and a tsp. of sesame oil. Place the garlic and ginger to sauté for a minute. Add the rest of the vegetables and the cornstarch. Sauté until the onions are tender.

Combine all of the ingredients for the sauce and mix well until the peanut butter is smooth. Pour over the veggies and toss with the heat on low for a minute or two.

Plate the rice and top with the veggies and toss.

This dish is so good and you made it yourself!

With Love,

Catherine
xo

Fried Chicken Breast with Creamy Garlic Peanut Butter & Tomato Sauce!!!

Ingredients:

4 Chicken Breasts – with bone and skin
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 eggs plus a splash of water
Vegetable oil for frying
Chopped Italian parsley for garnish

Creamy Garlic Peanut Butter Sauce with Tomato:

2 vine ripe tomatoes – chopped
5 cloves garlic – chopped
1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
1 tsp. Sesame oil
Drizzle of olive oil
Juice of 1 lime
2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
1 tsp. brown sugar
½ cup chicken broth

For the chicken:

Dip chicken first in flour, then egg and then flour again.

Heat a large frying pan with vegetable oil, about ½ inch. Carefully place the chicken in the hot oil. Let the chicken cook fully on one side, turning only once and finish cooking on the other side.

For the peanut butter sauce:

Combine all of the ingredients for the peanut butter sauce, mix well. Heat a medium sized frying pan and place the sauce in to simmer on low until fully heated.

Plate the chicken and spoon the peanut butter sauce over top. Garnish with chopped fresh parsley.

This is a unique and delicious way to serve up fried chicken.

Enjoy with Much Love,

Catherine
xo