Sweet Pepper Chicken With 5-spice

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups brown rice, cooked to package directions
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 1/2 lbs boneless chicken thighs, cut into bite-size chunks
• salt and coarse black pepper
• 2 sweet bell peppers, seeded and cubed into bite-size pieces
• 1 sliced onion
• 1 inch minced gingerroot
• 3 -4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 1/2 teaspoons chinese five spice powder
• 3 tablespoons dry sherry
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1/4 cup tamari soy sauce, eyeball the amount
• 3/4 cup chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/4 cup chopped chives

Recipe

• 1 heat about 1 tablespoon of oil over high heat in nonstick skillet and add chicken seasoned with a little salt and lots of black pepper. stir-fry chicken until browned and remove to a plate.
• 2 add another tablespoon of oil and allow to heat until it ripples and begins to smoke. then add peppers, onions or shallot and stir fry 2 minutes. add ginger, garlic and 5 spice powder and season vegetables with a little more black pepper. add sherry and shake pan for 30 seconds, then add honey or agave, tamari and stock. stir corn starch into a little water to dissolve, then add to sauce and thicken 1 minute. slide chicken back in heat through a minute more.
• 3 serve chicken with rice and garnish with chives.