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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Sweet and Spicy Chicken Stir Fry

This picture is just a sample, your carrots will be cut much thinner and the sweet peas will be cut diagnally.

Serves 6.  Following recipe will make 4 meals.

6 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breast
4 c. Apricot Preserves
3 Tbsp. cider vinegar
6 Tbsp. ginger, grated
2 Tbsp. crushed red pepper flakes
16 med. carrots cut in very thin strips
8 c. snow peas, halved diagnally lengthwise
4 c. frozen brocolli

Mix preserves, vinegar, ginger, pepper and 1 Tbsp. water. Place mix into a snack sized or quart sized Ziploc bag labeled "Stir Fry Sauce".
Cut chicken into strips 1/4 in. thick. Put into a quart sized bag labeled "Chicken".
Place veggies into gallon sized bag and add other 2 bags and Seal.
Label gallon bag:
Sweet and Spicy Chicken Stir-Fry
Cook Chicken in oil till no longer pink. Transfer to a plate. Add veggies to oil, tossing, about 2 minutes. Return chicken to skillet, add apricot sauce.  Cook 2-3 minutes more.  Serve over rice.

****Shortcut: I put 1 1/2 lb. of chicken into each of the 4 quart bags without cutting into strips.  I wrote on each bag that the chicken should thaw in the fridge, but when icy to cut into 1/4 inch wide strips."   

4 Comments about this Meal:

Becca said...
jjjj

question: you say that this makes 4 meals. Does this mean that this recipe makes 24 servings?

It looks delicious and I'm planning on using it for my meal swap group this month.

Thanks!

Maggie said...
jjjj

The recipe as written makes 24 servings.

Andrea Schrock said...
jjjj

I'm wondering if we could put the sauce and the chicken in the same bag when freezing it?

Maggie said...
jjjj

It takes awhile to get the chicken to cook thoroughly so... If it is with the sauce there is a good chance of scorching the sugar in the preserves. I would not advise mixing them.