Spicy Ginger Chicken With Peanuts

Total Time: 46 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce, divided (low sodium)
• 1 tablespoon dry wine
• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut up into bite-size pieces
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 4 dried hot red chili peppers, seeded
• 1/2 cup sliced green onion
• 1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 cup dry-roasted unsalted peanuts
• 1 1/2 cups hot basmati rice

Recipe

• 1 add 1 tablespoon soy sauce, wine, and chicken to a heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag; seal.
• 2 marinate in refrigerator for a minimum of 1 hour, turn occasionally.
• 3 in a small bowl, mix together 2 tablespoons soy sauce, water, sugar, vinegar, and cornstarch; set aside.
• 4 heat the oil in a wok or large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until the oil is hot.
• 5 add in chile pepper; stir-fry for 1 minute.
• 6 add in chicken mixture; stir-fry for 3 minutes.
• 7 add in green onions, ginger, and garlic; stir-fry for 1 minute.
• 8 add in cornstarch mixture and peanuts; bring to a boil and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• 9 serve chicken mixture over rice.