Spicy Chicken And Snow Peas

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) bag long-grain boil-in-the-bag rice
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 2 teaspoons chili paste with garlic (such as sambal oelek)
• 1 teaspoon bottled ground fresh ginger (such as spice world)
• cooking spray
• 1 teaspoon dark sesame oil
• 1 1/2 cups matchstick-cut carrots
• 1 cup thinly sliced red bell pepper
• 2 cups chopped cooked chicken breasts
• 2 cups snow peas, trimmed
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup dry-roasted unsalted peanuts

Recipe

• 1 cook rice according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. keep warm.
• 2 combine sugar and next 4 ingredients (through ginger) in a small bowl.
• 3 heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. coat pan with cooking spray. add oil to pan. add carrots and pepper to pan; sauté 2 minutes.
• 4 add chicken and peas to pan; sauté 1 minute. transfer chicken mixture to a large bowl; stir in salt.
• 5 return pan to heat. add soy sauce mixture to pan; bring to a boil.
• 6 cook until reduced to 1/4 cup (about 1 1/2 minutes), stirring constantly.
• 7 arrange about 1/2 cup rice on each of 4 plates; top each serving with about 1 1/4 cups chicken mixture.
• 8 drizzle 1 tablespoon sauce over each serving; sprinkle each serving with about 4 teaspoons peanuts.