Stir Fry Chicken with Pea Pods

Portion Size: 1 1/2 cups over ½ cup rice

Ingredients: Yields: 8 servings

Ingredients Notes: 
2 ½ lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts.Trim all visible fat. Cut into thin strips
1 cup orange juice
½ cup marmalade
¼ cup lite soy sauce
1 teaspoon ground ginger 
2 Tablespoons cornstarch
1 Tablespoon oil
4 cups fresh or frozen pea pods
4 cups fresh or frozen assorted peaches, papaya, nectarines, cubed into bite size piecesWash, trim and cube
½ cup unsalted cashews or peanuts, crushed
4 cups hot cooked riceMay use brown or white
For gluten free (GF): Use GF soy sauce. Always check each ingredient to be sure it is gluten free

Directions:

Steps:Directions: Critical Control Point /Quality Assurance
1Partially freeze meat. Thinly slice across the grain into thin bite size strips. 
2In a small bowl combine, orange juice, marmalade, soy sauce, cornstarch, and ginger.
3Heat large skillet over high heat.
4Add cooking oil.
5Add half the chicken and cook for 2 to 3 minutes or till no pink remains. Remove from skillet and repeat with remaining chicken.Cook until internal temperature reaches 165 °F for 15 seconds for chicken.
6Return all meat to skillet. 
7Push from the center of the skillet. 
8Stir sauce and pour into center of skillet.
9Cook and stir till thickened and bubbly.
10Serve on top rice.  Top with nuts.

Jacqueline Larson M.S., R.D.N. and Associates