Bill Granger's stir-fried chicken

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Stir-fried chicken with peanuts and cucumber
Average rating: 3 out of 5 star rating

A super-quick chicken dish with with peanuts and cucumber from Australian celebrity chef Bill Granger. The family will love it.

  • Serves: 4

Ingredients

If your rice or pasta always boils over, Janice Wood, 38, from Stoke-on-Trent suggests rubbing the inside of the pan with vegetable oil.

  • 2tbsppeanut oil
  • 500g (1lb 2 oz) chicken breasts, diced
  • 2tbsp Chinese rice wine
  • 2tbsp soy sauce
  • 2tsp sesame oil
  • 2tsp caster (superfine) sugar
  • 1tsp cornflour (cornstarch)
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2tsp finely grated fresh ginger
  • 1 small red and 1 small green pepper (capsicum), diced
  • 2 Lebanese (short) cucumbers, halved, seeded and diced

To serve

  • Steamed rice
  • Unsalted roasted peanuts, chopped

Method

  1. Heat 1tbsp of the oil in a large wok or frying pan over high heat. Cook the chicken in batches for 3-4 mins, or until golden, then remove from the wok.
  2. Mix together the rice wine, soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar and cornflour. Return the wok to medium-high heat.
  3. Add the rest of the oil, the onion and ginger and stir-fry for 1-2 mins, then add the pepper and cucumber and stir-fry for another 2 mins. Return the chicken to the wok, add the sauce and stir-fry for another couple of minutes.
  4. Serve immediately with steamed rice and chopped peanuts.

Buy Every Day by Bill Granger from Amazon www.bills.com.au

Nutritional information

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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