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Stir Fry Shrimp, Chicken, & Vegetables:

Here is another delicious, quick recipe for those days when you are pressed for time. Depending on what your seve with it, it can be a low fat meal.
What you need. What you do.
Cut bit sized, 1/2 red pepper, 1/2 green pepper, 1 cup green onions, 1 cup broccoli florets, 1 cup sliced mushrooms (save the mushroom stems for the sauce), 1 cup sliced water chestnuts, and 1/2 cup celery.
*** All vegetables are optional. Any vegetables which will stir fry are good.
2 cups chicken stock, 1/2 cup fine chopped mushrooms and stems, 2 tbsp. soy sauce, 1 crushed ginger snap, 1/2 cup minced onion, 1/2 tsp garlic. In a sauce pan, heat the chicken stock. Add mushrooms and stems, soy sauce, ginger snap, minced onion, and garlic. Allow to simmer for 1 hour.
1 Lb. Shrimp, peeled and deveined. 1 chicken breast, split, skinned, boned and cut into bit size pieces. 2 tbsp. Peanut oil. Put oil in a hot skillet or wok. Add chicken and stir fry for 5 min. Add shrimp and stir fry for 5 more minutes. Add all vegetables. Cover and cook until al dente (about 5 minutes)
3 tbsp. cornstarch dissolved in 3 tbsp. cold water. Thicken sauce with cornstarch mixture.
Serve stir fry immediately with Chinese noodles and gravy.

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