Chicken Capreasa and Chicken Stir Fry

tarheelmatt · February 2015

Doing the chicken for tomorrows dinner and some lunches. Chinese will be for tonight. Doing a marinated chicken stir fry with onions and peppers with fried rice.

Better pictures to follow!

tarheelmatt · February 2015

Dyal_SC · February 2015

Mmm... Sounds and looks like a winner! I'm working on work lunches right now myself.

tarheelmatt · February 2015

Dyal_SC said:
Mmm... Sounds and looks like a winner! I'm working on work lunches right now myself.

It sure does maken things easier to do them on the weekends. We do a lot of dinners ahead too.

johnmitchell · February 2015

Nice looking ingredients for some great food Matt..Have a great week.. :-c

Tinyfish · February 2015

Someone will be eating nice this week.

theyolksonyou · February 2015

Standing by...

Hawg Fan · February 2015

Looks like the beginning of good eats to me. Great idea as well.

tarheelmatt · February 2015

Thanks @johnmitchell! Hope you have a great week too!

Here are the other pictures from the cook...

Ingredients

Chicken Caprese is looking good... I cheated and had a bite. Man it was good. If I had some fresh basil, I'd slid a piece in there too... This will be a great meal for sure.

Another shot...

Getting the stir fry going... Chicken, green pepper, onion..

Added the sauce...

Pretty good.. Wished I would have thickened the sauce a little more. Was going for something not too thick, however I didn't get enough.

Getting veggies ready for fried rice...

Added the rice and egg...

It is done! Loved this shot.

Plated...

theyolksonyou · February 2015

Nice cook. Something about that first wok pic really draws my eye. The fire underneath...

tarheelmatt · February 2015

Thanks Jason... In most instances, I try to use the rule of thirds, however I don't always. Hey, rules are made to be broken, right?

Mattman3969 · February 2015

That looks outstanding!! Great pics as well. Tell me more about the chicken Plz.

tarheelmatt · February 2015

@Mattman3969, I didn't really use a recipe, I just had some ideas. So, here goes what I can think of.

Marinade for chicken.. These are estimates..

1/2 cup soy sauce

2 cloves garlic (minced)

1 teaspoon minced ginger

Cracked pepper

Green oninons

teaspoon of canola oil

Warmed the canola in sauce pan

Added garlic and ginger

Added soy and pepepr and brought to a simmer

Added green onion

Let cool and add to chicken once cooled

Sauce

1/2 soy

1/4 brown sugar

tablespoon chili paste

tablespoon oyster sauce

tablespoon hoisin sauce

1 Green onion

two cloves minced garlic

teaspoon minced ginger

1/4 cup chicken stock (get no sodium (I failed to do so and it was a tad salty))

Canola oil (teaspoon)

Sometimes I add orange juice, but not this time

Heat oil

Add garlic and ginger, stir till aromatic

Add soy sauce, hoisin, oyster, chicken stock, and brown sugar

Bring to a simmer and let reduce some

Add green onions at last

Then just cook in wok with desired veggies and finish with the sauce.. I didn't use any corn starch with the chicken as I wanted a loose sauce.

tarheelmatt · February 2015

Almost forgot to mention the cutting board I was given. My brother made this for some reason a long time ago. Why, I have no clue as he really doesn't cook.

It is made from cherry. It's not end grain like my other, but it will do. Figured I'd leave it at the egg.

A little mineral oil and it looks great.

Chicken Capreasa and Chicken Stir Fry

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