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Secret Recipe Club – Mongolian Chicken and Veggies

May 14, 2012 by angelaskitchen 19 Comments

 

It is time for Secret Recipe Club reveal day!  Woo-hoo!  What is the Secret Recipe Club?  It’s a lot like Secret Santa, but with recipes.  Each month you are assigned a blog.  After selecting a recipe from that bloggers repertoire, you make and post it on reveal day.  It is a great way to find fun recipes and blogs.  I like how it gets me to actually sit down and go through another person’s blog.  Blogs are a lot of work and take time to put together.  Instead of skimming through just the new stuff (as is usually easier when we see a new blog) it is fun to really sit down and go through what else the blog has to offer.  Fun stuff!

Secret Recipe Club

This month I was assigned Robin’s blog, Robin Restored (formally Penny Pinching Provisions).  She says her blog is about eating good food on a budget.  Robin recently renamed her blog to help her focus on what is important to her: restoring health, restoring her finances and restoring happiness by living simply.  She has tons of recipes on her site, everything from kid snacks, to tasty chicken and beef dishes, desserts of every kind, All that AND she participates in Meat Free Mondays.  Whew!  It was hard to narrow it down to just one recipe from so many tasty things to choose from.  🙂  I finally picked Mongolian Chicken and am so glad I did.  Yum!

 

The Mongolian Chicken is a take off a Mongolian Beef recipe similar to the one at P.F. Changs.  The changes I did was reduce the oil and sugar, because that is how I roll.  I used a slightly different cooking technique in order to do this, which I will explain below.  Also I added lots o’veggies because I like to eat the rainbow.  Rainbows are tasty!  I am putting this into our menu rotation.  Everyone loved it (even ultra-picky girl).  The sauce is similar to a teriyaki flavor which we all really enjoyed.  I will also be trying the beef version next time.  I can’t wait!

Rainbows are delicious!

Whenever doing stir fries, I like to cook the veggies separately, then set them aside on the serving dish before cooking the meat or mushrooms.  This keeps the veggie color bright and not muddied, and I have better control over how long they are cooked so they don’t get mushy.

 

Mongolian Chicken

serves 6

1 1/2 pounds chicken, cut into 1″ pieces

1/4 cup corn starch

4 tablespoons oil, divided

2 cups thinly sliced sweet bell peppers (I used green, orange and red)

1 cup thinly sliced purple or red cabbage

1 cup julienned carrots

1 cup de-stemmed and thinly sliced kale

3 green onions (scallions), thinly sliced, divided

2 teaspoons fresh garlic, minced

1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated

1/2 cup gluten free reduced sodium soy sauce

1/2 cup brown sugar

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In a bowl, combine the chicken and corn starch, tossing until all the chicken is coated with the starch.  Set aside.

Don't worry- that will get all cleaned up!

In a skillet over medium-high heat, heat one tablespoon oil.  Saute the peppers for 2 minutes, then add the cabbage, carrots, kale and all but 2 tablespoons of the green onions.  Set the 2 tablespoons aside to use as a garnish on the completed meal.  When veggies are cooked to your liking (I go with crisp-tenger) remove from pan onto serving dish.  Set aside.

In the same skillet, heat the remaining oil then add chicken.  Allow chicken to brown and get cooked through.  The corn starch will stick a bit and brown on the bottom of the skillet.  That is okay.  We will be scraping up all that flavor in a little bit.

See? Deglazing rocks!

When chicken is cooked, add garlic and ginger to pan.  Stir fry for about 30 seconds until the scent is released then add soy sauce.  Using the spatula, use the soy sauce to deglaze the pan.  In other words, the soy sauce will help softened and loosen all the tasty brown bits in the skillet.  Scape those up and mix them into the sauce.  When the pan is deglazed, crumble brown sugar into the pan.

Cook chicken in the sauce, stirring around often until bubbly and thickened.  Add vegetables to chicken mixture and stir to coat everything in the sauce.  Serve over quinoa or rice topped with remaining green onions.

 

 



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Comments

  1. Trisha

    May 14, 2012 at 11:35 am

    What a wonderfully colorful assortment of deliciousness Angela! And I love the tip about cooking the veggies seperately, am quite eager to try it the next time I'm making a stir fry!
    Reply
  2. Kristi @ Veggie Converter

    May 14, 2012 at 11:40 am

    Ooh Angela, great choice! I'll have to try this with chickpeas or tofu. Yum!
    Reply
    • angelaskitchen

      May 14, 2012 at 4:32 pm

      I think it would be great with tofu or if you used bellas instead of chicken. Yum!
      Reply
  3. colleen

    May 14, 2012 at 11:56 am

    This looks wonderful. Good tip, too.
    Reply
  4. Robin

    May 14, 2012 at 2:28 pm

    I'm so glad you loved this recipe! Adding veggies and reducing sugar is definitely a healthier way to go. I wasn't really focusing on that when I posted this recipe. I should go back and "healthify" some of my older recipes:)
    Reply
    • angelaskitchen

      May 14, 2012 at 4:26 pm

      We loved it! I can't wait to try some of your other tastiness. I am thinking ANY homemade version is healthier (and cheaper) than getting it at the restaurant. :)
      Reply
  5. angie

    May 14, 2012 at 6:40 pm

    Mmm this looks really good !:) love all of the colors you added :) Visiting you from SRC! :) <3
    Reply
  6. Vivian thiele

    May 14, 2012 at 9:59 pm

    what a fabulous choice! Yet another recipe for me to bookmark. The recipe choices are brutal this month!
    Reply
  7. Betsy

    May 14, 2012 at 11:24 pm

    Yum! Sounds great! Great pics too :) be sure to check out seasonalpotluck.com May is avocado and asparagus month! http://bit.ly/JZGxpz We'd love if you'd link up any recipes you may have!
    Reply
  8. Hezzi-D

    May 15, 2012 at 7:02 pm

    Alrght, I've made Mongolian beef and Mongolian tofu, it looks like I'm going to have to try the chicken now too! It looks yummy!
    Reply
  9. Miz Helen

    May 15, 2012 at 8:57 pm

    Your dish looks delicious! Cooking with you in the SRC-B Miz Helen
    Reply
  10. Dan

    May 17, 2012 at 7:17 am

    I think I'll need to try this. I've only cooked with kale once before, and it looks very tasty.
    Reply
  11. Sarah

    May 20, 2012 at 3:40 pm

    what a colorful recipe, will try this with tofu
    Reply

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