Stir-Fried Chicken with Vegetables

A comforting and easy recipe is the way for my style of cooking. I believe that everyone likes to have a home-cooked meal at the end of a busy day. Some recipes require a lot of ingredients to create a good meal. However, I try to use simple ingredients and a quick method for making stirfry dishes. With this method of cooking, most of us with very few skills in the kitchen can prepare a wonderful meal for our family. The variations are endless with vegetables or meats. Use any vegetables or meats that are available to suit your taste. Still, the stirfry sauce is the key to master making stirfry dishes.

Ingredients:
Stirfry sauce ingredients:
1 cup chicken broth
1 tbs sesame oil
1 tsp sugar
1 tbs corn syrup
2 tbs mirin
Chicken marinade ingredients:
1/2 lb. of chicken breasts and thighs
1 tsp red pepper powder*
1 tbs Korean red pepper paste*
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tsp fresh minced ginger
1 tbs soy sauce
Vegetables:
1 cup sliced white cabbage
1 cup white onions, cut into 1/2 inch thick pieces
1/2 carrot, cut into 1/4 inch thick slices
1/3 zucchini, cut into 1/4 inch thick slices
3 button mushrooms, quartered
4 green onions (green part) cut into 3 inch lengths
Salt, pepper and soy sauce to taste

 Roasted sesame seeds for garnish

Directions:
Cut chicken into 1 inch lengths pieces and place in a container with all the marinade ingredients; Stir to mix well. Cover and marinate for 1 hour or overnight.

Combine the stirfry sauce ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
Have the vegetables prepared and ready to stirfry.

In a nonstick frying pan, add peanut oil or any vegetable oil that you prefer over high heat and add the marinated chicken to the hot pan. Cook chicken for 4 to 5 minutes.

 Add stirfry sauce and bring to boil.

Add all the vegetables, except the green onions, and stir well.

 Cook vegetables and chicken for 3 to 4 minutes or until the vegetables are tender (add the green onions just before the cooking is completed).

Transfer to serving plate and sprinkle roasted sesame seeds over the top. Enjoy.

* Add more or less spicy powder or spicy paste to suit your taste buds.