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Skinny Orange Chicken (or tofu)

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • If cooking all chicken: 2 lbs. chicken breast
  • If cooking all tofu: 1 container of tofu drained
  • If cooking half chicken half tofu: ½ container of tofu, drained, 1 chicken breast
  • •1 cup of dry quinoa
  • •1 cup of water
  • •1 cup of low sodium veggie broth
  • •2 Tbsp Olive Oil
  • •1 container sliced mushrooms
  • •1 ½ cups of snap peas
  • •1 ½ cups of shredded carrots
  • •3 gloves of garlic minced
  • •1/2 cup orange juice
  • •1/2 cup honey
  • •1/3 cup of light soy sauce
  • •1/3 cup rice wine vinegar
  • •3 Tbsp cornstarch
  • •1 tsp ground ginger
  • •1 tsp black pepper
  • •1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
  • •Zest of one orange
  • •Sesame seeds
  • •Green onions chopped

Method
 

  1. •Cook quinoa in pot using water and veggie broth then set aside.
For sauce
  1. •In a large bowl whisk together garlic, orange juice, honey, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, cornstarch, ginger, pepper, red pepper flakes and orange zest until cornstarch is dissolved. (To make sauce sweeter add extra 2 – 4 Tbsp. of honey)
For Tofu
  1. •Heat olive oil in a large pan and sauté tofu, mushrooms, snap peas, and carrots until tofu turns golden brown.
  2. •Pour sauce into pan and stir to combine. (If making half chicken half tofu pour half of the sauce into pan).
  3. •Let sauce come to a boil and stir until sauce thickens until reaching desired consistency and remove from heat.
For chicken
  1. •Cut chicken breast into cubes and generously salt chicken breast with salt and pepper
  2. •Heat olive oil in large pan and sauté chicken until center is light pink then add in mushrooms, snap peas, and carrots. Continue to sauté until chicken is cooked all the way through.
  3. •Pour sauce into pan and stir to combine.
  4. •Let sauce come to a boil and stir until sauce thickens until reaching desired consistency and remove from heat.
  5. •Place orange chicken/tofu in bowl along with cooked quinoa. Top with sesame seeds, green onions, orange zest, and enjoy!

Notes

If sauce is not thickening, add cornstarch in tsp increments.
If cooking half chicken, half tofu be sure to cook tofu first to avoid cross contamination.