Stir Fry Chicken with Pea Pods (meatless)

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

Ingredients: Yields: 8 servings

Ingredients Notes: 
2 ½ lbs. meatless chicken 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

Directions:

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

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