Simple Ingredients for this concoction. This isn't so much a recipe, but is a delicious, easy, and diet-friendly meal.
Package of stir-fry vegetables from Costco, 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, bottle of Sweet and Sour sauce, and brown rice.
The finished product
This is a very simple, thrown together meal that I LOVE! I am not a vegetable person at all but for some reason I just love the stir fry vegetables from Costco. It contains broccoli, baby corn, water chestnuts, green beans, soy beans, onions, carrots. I normally don't care for onions, but you really can't tell they're there. I manage to eat the green beans, but they're still not my favorite.
Step 1 - Rice - I chose to make brown rice since it's supposed to be healthier. Brown rice takes quite a bit longer to make than white rice, so I always get it started about an hour before dinner time.
Step 2 - Chicken - I boiled the chicken in water. The chicken comes out nice and moist. It usually takes about 20 minutes to fully cook. Cut up the chicken into bite sized pieces and set aside.
Step 3 - Vegetables - In a frying pan or wok, pour a couple tablespoons of cooking oil. To feed my family I generally fill the pan with vegetables. Remember that after the vegetables cook they are quite a bit smaller. Let the vegetables simmer, covered, for about 10 minutes. Add the chicken and sweet and sour sauce, mix together, and let simmer for another 5 minutes or so.
Serve over rice and enjoy!
1 cup rice, 2 cups vegetables with chicken and sauce comes out to about 380 calories. Not bad for a full meal and it's a pretty filling portion.
Note: You can sub the meat for pork or go vegetarian and forget the meat all together. You could also use whatever sauce you'd like. (Teriyaki, etc)
Is this a family friendly meal? My kids aren't vegetable eaters. (Wonder where they get that from?!?) My 3 year old daughter ate her whole meal! My 8 year old, after forcing him to take a bite, admitted that "It's not so bad." My 6 year? Well, we're working on him! I don't imagine your kids could be as picky as mine!