Stir Fry Chicken and Asparagus

Lately I've been trying a few recipes from the inter-net. One of our new faves is this chicken recipe I copied from the Food Network with a few modifications.

STIR FRY CHICKEN AND ASPARAGUS

Ingredients:

2 pcs medium size chicken breasts, cut into bite size

1 bundle fresh asparagus (cut into 1 inch length)

1 cup sliced white mushrooms (Optional. We tried this once and it added more flavor. I highly suggest adding this!)

2 tbsp minced spring onions/shallots

2-3 tbsp vegetable oil

2 cloves minced garlic or garlic powder

1 tbsp minced ginger or ginger powder

1 tsp sugar (Optional. If you like additional taste.)

1/2 cup sherry

2 tbsp soy sauce

salt for seasoning (You can also omit this if you are in a low sodium diet.)

1/2 cup water or chicken broth (If you wish to make it saucier/tastier.)

corn starch (The original recipe calls for this if you want to coat the chicken or prefer the sauce to be thicker. I omitted this and the recipe still turned out nicely.)

black pepper

Procedure:

1. Mix ginger (if powdered), garlic (if powdered), sugar, sherry, soy sauce, salt and marinate the chicken in the mixture for 20-30 mins. Set aside.

2. Heat pan and put 2 tbsp of oil and stir fry asparagus, then mix mushrooms and spring onions. Remove from pan after 2-3 mins (don't overcook).

3. Use the same pan and add the remaining oil. Sautee ginger and garlic if you prefer the minced/real ones. Stir fry marinated chicken until it's cooked/golden brown.

4. Add water or chicken broth if you prefer for more sauce, simmer. Then add cooked veggies.

5. Season with black pepper. Serve with rice. Enjoy!

Serves 2.

Scrambled Egg with Veggies and Meat

SCRAMBLED EGG with VEGGIES and MEAT



When I was in the US, one of our staple breakfast food was egg. I've tried almost every available type of recipe/cooking method on the menu when I was there - sunny side up, omelette, scrambled, boiled on salads (except for poached).

One of the recipes that I really like was the scrambled eggs we had at this resto near Disneyland. I said to myself I can easily make this one!

Here is my humble attempt of copying their scrambled egg recipe:

Scrambled/Omelet Egg with Veggies and Luncheon meat

Ingredients:

5 pcs eggs
cooking oil (olive/regular)
1 medium onion
2-3 cloves garlic
spinach or green bell peppers
red tomatoes
¼ (can) cubed ham or luncheon meat or sausage (mushroom as alternative)
salt and pepper
quick-melt cheese or feta cheese (optional)


Procedure:

1. Wash veggies.
2. Chop/mince garlic and onions. Cube bell peppers and tomatoes. Remove spinach’s stem. (You can blanch or boil spinach first before adding.)
3. Add seasoning (salt and pepper)to the eggs before beating.
4. Heat the pan, put oil and fry luncheon meat. Set aside.
5. Using the same pan and oil, sauté onions, garlic and add tomatoes.
6. Add the luncheon meat and the veggies bell peppers/spinach.
7. Add egg (scramble).
8. For omelet: Remove the veggies/meat. Make an egg crepe first before putting the filling.
9. Add quick-melt cheese while still hot before serving.

Tip: Serve with rice, bread or potatoes.

Serves 4-5 people
Cost: P150-200