CHICKEN AND GREEN BEAN STIR FRY RECIPES RECIPES

Steps:

• Toss chicken, cornstarch, red pepper flakes, a pinch of salt, and 1 Tbsp. soy sauce in a medium bowl. Stir vinegar, wine, and remaining 2 Tbsp. soy sauce in a small bowl. Have all your other ingredients prepped and ready to go (once you start cooking, there isn’t a stopping point and you’ll need them handy).
• Heat 1 Tbsp. oil in a large skillet (not nonstick) over high. When oil is shimmering and slides quickly across surface of pan, add scallions and ginger and cook, tossing, until scallions are browned and softened, about 2 minutes. Add green beans and a pinch of salt and cook, tossing often, until green beans are crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Transfer green bean mixture to another medium bowl.
• Heat remaining 1 Tbsp. oil in same skillet over high. When oil is shimmering again, add chicken mixture and arrange slices in a single layer in skillet. Cook, undisturbed, until chicken is browned and caramelized on first side, about 1 minute. Toss and continue to cook until meat is no longer pink and cooked through, about a minute or two longer. Pour in wine mixture and green bean mixture and cook, tossing briskly, until sauce is thickened and all ingredients are coated, about 30 seconds. Remove from heat and taste, then season with more salt, if desired.
• Divide stir-fry among plates. Serve with rice alongside, if using. Sprinkle with desired toppings.

Steps:

• If starting with frozen chicken breasts, set in bowl of cold water to defrost.
• Take end off green beans and wash.
• Rinse rice in several changes of water until water is mostly clear. Add fresh water for cooking and set aside.
• Dice chicken into bite-sized pieces (approx 1/2-inch cubes). Place diced chicken in bowl.
• Add marinade ingredients to chicken – soy sauce, sherry, garlic (chopped or pressed through garlic press). Stir well to distribute marinade.
• Refrigerate chicken.
• Start rice to cook before starting stir fry.
• Prepare stir fry sauce. Add brown sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, sherry and garlic (again chopped or pressed through garlic press) in small bowl. You can also add fresh ginger if you have it.
• Add cornstarch and stir well, pressing out any lumps until sauce has a consistent milky brown color.
• Heat two tablespoons of oil in an large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add green beans. If green beans don’t fit in one batch, cook half at a time. Use long tongs to turn beans over while cooking so that they do not burn.
• If beans are particularly thick, add two tablespoons of water to pan and cover skillet for a couple of minutes to steam-cook beans to desired tenderness. Do not overcook, as beans will go back in the pan briefly later.
• Remove beans from pan.
• Add two more tablespoons of oil to pan. Add chicken and stir to separate pieces.
• When chicken is cooked (turns from pink to white), add prepared stir fry sauce and stir. Sauce will quickly turn from milky light brown to glossy dark brown as it cooks.
• Add string beans and stir to combine. Add dash of sesame oil if desired.
• Remove chicken and string beans to serving dish.
• Serve over rice.