Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Chicken Stir Fry



I grew up on Stir Fry! Cabbage stir fry! :) I loved it when my mom would whip out the wok and I knew we'd be having some supper yummy stir fry!!! :) I loved helping her cook the meat. I thought (as a kid) that it was soo cool to stir that chicken around in the wok. Don't ask, I was weird...
Ok, I still am! ;)

Anywho...

What I loved about this is I used ALL fresh produce from the Farmer's Market and used leftover rotisserie chicken I had bought. So with the chicken I got 2 meals in one! WHOO HOO!!!!!!!!!
Yes, little things excited me! ;) (especially when I got TWO chickens for 5 bucks!!!!)

Ok, getting back to the recipe...

You can use as much or as little as you want! It just depends on how much you need to feed your family, or you...

I used half a head of cabbage just because I had so many other things to add! And you can add more than what I did!

Place cabbage in cast iron skillet coated with a bit of coconut oil (you don't need a cast iron skillet or coconut oil... ;))


Cut up, green zucchini, yellow squash, patty pan squash, red and green pepper


Add the cut up veggies to cabbage in skillet


Mix it all together


Cut up cooked chicken


Add chicken to veggies


Stir it up


Serve over jasmine rice (or any other rice! Brown, white, etc...)



Stir Fry

(there really isn't an "special" recipe for this, you can add and change ANYTHING to this!!! This is what I used this time, it isn't always the same!)

Half a head of cabbage
1 green zucchini
1 yellow squash
half of a red pepper
half of a green pepper
1 patty pan squash
Cut up chicken (I honestly don't know how much! I don't measure, I dump! ;))

Cut up cabbage, as small as you want. I like it small bite size pieces
Dice up the rest of the veggies and place in med-high skillet with the cabbage. Cook until almost done and then add chicken until it is the desired tenderness that you want. I like my not firm, but cooked through, if that makes sense! :)
Serve with rice, or just by itself!

*I wanted to add some mushrooms to this, but didn't have any on hand.
You can always add onions.
I think I may have added some Adobo spice to this as well. Before I discovered this AWESOME spice, I would add some salt and pepper and garlic salt.
I also like to add chopped up garlic, about 3-4 cloves!
The possibilities are endless with stir fry! :)
You can make it vegetarian as well.
Post comments, let me know how you like to make yours!