Cheater Chicken Tso
Working and
cooking delicious nutritious meals is not as easy as you might think. Not that nuggets are very nutritious, but we
had some leftover from the holidays and I wanted to use them up. I call this Cheater General T’so’s Chicken.
15-20 breaded
chicken nuggets
2 tbsp. dark
soy sauce
2 tbsp. dry
sherry
¼ cup chicken
broth
2-3 tsp.
cornstarch
1 tbsp. rice
vinegar
1 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp.
minced fresh ginger
2 tbsp.
minced garlic
EXTRAS
½ cup chopped
red onions
1½ cup fresh
broccoli florets
5-10 red hot
dried chili peppers
Oil for
frying
Cook nuggets
in oven at 400ยบ for 25 minutes or until slightly crunchy.
Combine sauce
ingredients in a bowl, stir well to dissolve the sugar; set aside.
Add 2 tbsp.
oil to electric fry pan; once it is hot, add broccoli and stir fry 1-2 minutes;
add red onions and hot chili peppers and
stir fry until aromatic (2-3 minutes). Add chicken and mix
everything well. Push chicken and veggies up sides of wok creating a
well in the center. Pour in sauce and stir constantly until
thickened. Mix in chicken and veggies and serve immediately with
rice.
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Crackerberries 2015
