this is a very basic stir fry mainly because i was too lazy to go shopping but more importantly sometimes it isn't about going out and spending money.. sometimes you'd rather just work with what you have.. i didn't plan on making stir fry today.. actually wanted to have me some chicken sandwiches but decided i had almost all the ingredients and said screw it.
you can substitute the chicken with very thin strips of meat.. so it can cook fast...
you will need
1 - 2lbs of chicken
basmati rice (costco or wallmart pretty sure ive seen it at krogers)
vegtable oil
soy sauce
cabbage (essential)
bell peppers (essential)
celery (essential)
onions (non essential)
garlic minced and peeled (very important! to get flavor into the chicken)
carrots (non essential)
baby corn (non essential and i didn't have any
)
mushrooms (again non essential and i didn't have any)
green pea pods (non essential and i didn't have any)
lots of exotic stuff you can toss in like bamboo shoots that make eating this stuff more fun
sugar.
soy sauce
wok pan
pot
basmati rice (costco sells it)
2lbs of boneless chicken breasts
cabbage.. (needs more but this was all i had left)
pre chopped and seeded frozen bell peppers
onion (needs more but this is all i had left)
carrots (needs more but this is all i had left)
frozen pre peeled and preminced garlic ala me
3 cups of rice into wok pan cover with water
(for me its easier to cook the rice in the wok pan)
you need to set the rice aside to soak for a while.. the longer the better
wash chicken real good
cut chicken up into small strips
pot for stir fry
highest heat setting
little oil
garlic smack down
dont wait too long to toss in the chicken.. you dont want to brown the garlic..
here comes the stir fry part... dump down some salt and pepper
stir
while thats waiting cut up your onion and carrots
toss em in
and stir
stir
celery
cabbage
dump in celery
stir
bell peppers!
dont know if you can even tell in the pic but the rice drank the water and is a little puffed.. dont really have the time to wait for it so i went ahead and set it on the stove
dump down a little oil..
stir
little salt on the rice
high heat and cover
stir
dump in bell peppers
stir
stir
soy sauce
sugar (i like adding alot... my mom only like less than 2 table spoons which in my opinion is retarded)
stir
stir
dump cabbage and stir
stir rice
now that the water is all gone lower rice heat to medium
dump in soy sauce to taste and stir
had some coleslaw mix left over from before.. not coleslaw.. just the raw mix.. dumped it in..
stir
added a little more soy sauce for coloring purposes
rice almost done
by now youll notice veggie stock accumulating
i went ahead and poured it into a bowl.. this stuff is tasty as hell as is..
stir
rice done! (you have to taste it to know.. still hard = dump more water ontop and raise the heat then drop it back down when the water evaporates.. since its a wok pan you dont have to really stir it except when you add the salt and oil.. can add some butter if your a fatty.. im a fatty i like buttery rice lol)
done!
yum if i had used fresher ingredients the plate would have looked alot nicer.
but again.. for me its all about thriftyyyynesss lol why pay 1 dollar for a bell pepper when you can get an entire box of ones that are banged up for 5 bucks