Healthy Takeout Orange Chicken

Ingredients

• ¾ cup Jasmine Rice
• 2 Green Onions
• 4 oz Mandarin Oranges in Juice
• 2 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
• 4 oz Snap Peas
• 6 Dried Arbol Chiles
• 2 fl. oz. Orange Juice
• Concentrate
• 2 fl. oz. Teriyaki Glaze
• Olive Oil
• Salt
• Begin the Stir-Fry

Instructions

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   Make sure to use a separate: cutting board to cut chicken. This helps to prevent cross- During Chinese New Year, mandarin oranges symbolize abundance and good fortune, and they’re frequently given as gifts.

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   Cook the Rice: Bring a small pot with rice and 1 ½ cups water to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook until tender, 18-20 minutes. Fluff grains with a fork and set aside covered. While rice cooks, prepare ingredients. Begin the Stir-Fry Return pan to medium-high heat. Add 1 tsp. olive oil, snap peas, and white portions of green onions to hot pan. Cook, stirring often, until vegetables are lightly browned, 2-3 minutes. Transfer vegetables to a plate with chicken and reserve pan; no need to wipe clean.

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   Prepare the Ingredients: Trim and cut white portions of green onions into 1” lengths. Thinly slice green portions on an angle.

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   Drain mandarin oranges and reserve juice. Rinse: chicken breasts and pat dry. On a separate cutting board, cut chicken into ¾” dice and season with

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   Finish the Stir-Fry: Return pan to medium high heat. Add 1 tsp. olive oil and dried arbol chiles (to taste) to hot pan and cook, stirring constantly, 30 seconds. Breaking chiles into pieces will release their full spice potential. Add mandarin orange juice, orange juice concentrate, and teriyaki glaze. Bring to a boil, return chicken and vegetables to pan, and cook until chicken reaches a minimum internal temperature of 165 degrees, 2-3 minutes. Gently stir in mandarin oranges and remove from burner.

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   Sear the Chicken: heat. Add 2 tsp. olive oil and chicken to hot pan.

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   Cook undisturbed until a deep brown crust forms,: 2-3 minutes. Flip chicken and repeat on second side. Transfer chicken to a plate and reserve pan for cooking vegetables. Chicken will finish cooking in a

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   Plate the Dish: Place a mound of rice on plate and orange chicken stir-fry around rice. Garnish with green portions of recipe–it has bigger grains and is easier to pinch than table salt, allowing more control over flavor. If using regular table salt, reduce measured amounts dried chiles is contained in seeds found inside. You may omit chiles entirely, or use one chile for mild heat, two for medium heat, or three or more used twice. White portions are cooked with vegetables, and green portions garnish dish. the recipe before you start–we promise it will be time