Chinese takeout anyone?

Alright Gurus, so here is a nice easy chinese stir fry that will curve your cravings for that yummy and greasy chinese food. I make this when my family and I don't know what else to make! So instead for paying 20-40 bucks worth of chinese take out, make your own for less than 5 dollars a person!! So here it is...

Chinese Stir Fry

For this dish, be creative! Use your favorite veggies and throw them in the pan to add to your stir fry. Also, in this recipe I use hoisin sauce. This is a chinese sauce that you can keep in your pantry and it hard ever goes bad. It is always nice to have to add to anything ti add a tangy rich flavor. You can even add it to chicken breast and use it like barbecue sauce! Believe me definitely worth having in your pantry,

Ingredients:

6-10 pieces of chicken (you can also use beef tips, etc. whatever your in the mood for!)

Veggies: I use,

1 package of sliced mushrooms

1-2 yellow onions

1 stalk of fresh asparagus

Peppers (optional)

1 tablespoon of fresh ginger

2 cloves of garlic

Hot pepper flakes

Salt/Pepper

About 1 cup of hoisin sauce

For serving: Brown rice (you can buy the 10 minute rice, its cheap and it comes with four bags!)

Tip: When you buy fresh ginger, you need to remove the outside. Since you bought fresh ginger, and usually there is a lot left over, you can actually wrap it in plastic wrap and freeze it! It will stay for about 5 months.

Directions:

I bake the chicken first. It makes this dish easier to put together. As the chicken is cooking you can work on the veggie. So cook chicken (seasoned with salt/pepper/oil) on 350 degrees for about 30; Chicken breast about 40 minutes and tenders/cutlets 20. 

First pour oil in a large skillet turn on medium high heat. Add asparagus and let cook for about 5 minutes. Then add onion, ginger, hot pepper flakes, salt/pepper and garlic. Let cook until asparagus and onions turn tender and when the ginger and garlic are fragrant. Now add mushrooms (peppers optional). Let this all cook for about 10 minutes. Once chicken is finished and cooled, cut into shredded or bit sized pieces. Add chicken to the veggies. Stir all together. Now add the hoisin sauce. Stir again and this time taste to see if there needs to be more or salt/pepper. Now serve this up with some rice and EAT! : ) 

I also bought Sriracha (a red spicy sauce usually found in chinese restaurants) to dab on top of the stir fry. It is SOOO yummy with this dish.

Enjoy!