Selena's Stir fry chicken (aka Sizzlin' Szechuan Chicken)
from: “A Guy's Guide to great eating” by Don Mauer
Marinade and chicken
* 1 tablespoon soy sauce
* 1 tablespoon cornstarch
* 1/2 teaspoon sugar
* 1 garlic clove, minced
* 1 whole skinless boneless chicken breast, cut into thin strips (or 1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined)
Sauce
1 tablespoon toasted sesame seed oil
Vegetables
1 onion, sliced into rings
2 medium carrots, peeled and sliced crosswise into 1/8 inch slices
2 small zucchini, ends trimmed, cut into 1/4 inch diagonal slices
other veges as desired (mushrooms, mini corn, water chestnuts, bamboo)
3 cups hot cooked long grain rice
To make:
To make the sauce: In a small bowl, whisk the sauce ingredients together till cornstarch dissolves. Set aside.
To stir fry the vegetables and chicken: have all ingredients ready and at hand. Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add 1 teaspoon sesame seed oil.
Add the chicken and stir fry until it is opaque, about 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer from the skillet to a clean dish.
Add the remaining 2 teaspoons oil, plus a little more olive oil if needed. Add onions and carrots and stir fry for about 3 minutes. Add the zucchini and stir fry 1 minute more, until it turns bright green.
Return the chicken to the skillet and add the sauce.
Cook, scraping up the bits from the bottom of the pan, until the sauce thickens, about 1 minute. Serve immediately over rice.