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Chicken and Veggie Stir-fry with Spicy Soy Sauce

Serve this lean, veggie-heavy stir-fry with white rice to sop up the delicious Tabasco-spiked soy sauce.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 4

Ingredients

1/4 cup chicken broth
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon sesame oil
3/4 teaspoon Tabasco or other hot sauce
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch strips
1/4 pound snow peas, trimmed
1 red bell pepper, halved lengthwise, seeded, and cut crosswise into 1/4-inch strips
One 15-ounce can straw mushrooms
Cooked white rice, for serving

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    To make the sauce: In a small bowl, combine the chicken broth, soy sauce, cornstarch, sesame oil, and Tabasco and stir until smooth.

    Step 2

    Heat the vegetable oil in a large nonstick skillet over high heat until a drop of water placed in the skillet sizzles. Add the chicken strips and cook, stirring, for 3 to 4 minutes, or until they lose their raw color. Add the snow peas and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the bell pepper strips and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms and soy sauce mixture and cook, stirring, for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the sauce is thickened. Serve hot with the white rice.

  2. a bit more, y’all

    Step 3

    We use snow peas, bell pepper, and canned straw mushrooms here, but you can use anything you’ve got instead. Broccoli florets, sugar snaps, string beans, or sliced carrots work nicely.

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