Cooking For Two Orange Chicken With Snow Peas And Carrots Food

ORANGE CHICKEN WITH SNOW PEAS AND CARROTS (COOKING FOR 2)

Steps:

• In medium bowl, toss chicken pieces and soy sauce.
• In small bowl, beat orange juice and 2 teaspoons cornstarch with whisk until cornstarch is dissolved.
• In 10-inch skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Add garlic, gingerroot, orange peel and pepper flakes; stir-fry about 30 seconds or until fragrant. Add broth, 2 teaspoons soy sauce, the vinegar and sugar; stir about 30 seconds or until sugar dissolves. Stir orange juice mixture, then add it to skillet. Heat sauce to boiling, stirring. Reduce heat to low; simmer 1 minute. Transfer sauce to bowl; wipe out skillet.
• Line large rimmed cookie sheet with paper towels.
• Place 1/4 cup cornstarch in shallow bowl. Toss chicken in cornstarch, coating evenly and gently knocking off any excess; transfer to plate.
• In 4-quart Dutch oven, heat 1/2 cup vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Carefully add coated chicken to hot oil, spacing pieces apart from each other. Fry chicken 5 to 7 minutes, turning once or twice, until deep golden. Using slotted spoon, transfer chicken to paper towel-lined cookie sheet.
• In same skillet used for sauce, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Add snow peas and carrots; cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring frequently, until vegetables are just tender. Add chicken and reserved sauce; stir until heated through and thoroughly coated in sauce.

SESAME CHICKEN WITH SNOW PEAS

Steps:

• Whisk 3 tablespoons soy sauce, 2 teaspoons sesame oil and the honey together in a medium bowl. Add the chicken, toss and marinate 20 minutes.
• Remove the chicken from the marinade using a slotted spoon. Heat 2 teaspoons canola oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the chicken in 2 batches, turning once or twice, until browned, 3 to 5 minutes (add 2 more teaspoons canola oil between batches). Transfer the chicken to a plate and wipe out the skillet.
• Heat the remaining 2 teaspoons canola oil in the skillet. Add the scallions, reserving some of the green parts for topping. Add the ginger and garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Whisk the broth, sugar, cornstarch, vinegar, chili paste and the remaining 2 tablespoons soy sauce in a bowl; add to the skillet and cook, stirring, until thickened, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in the remaining 2 teaspoons sesame oil.
• Meanwhile, cook the snow peas in a steamer basket set over a few inches of boiling water until crisp-tender, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Return the chicken to the skillet with the sauce and heat through. Serve the chicken and snow peas over brown rice, if desired. Top with the sesame seeds and reserved scallion greens.

CHICKEN WITH SNOW PEAS

Steps:

• Remove all visible fat from chicken and cut into bite size pieces.
• Marinate in cornstarch, one teaspoon soy sauce and sherry.
• Slice mushrooms.
• Remove stems from pea pods.
• Heat oil in wok.
• Add snow peas and stir fry until covered with oil.
• Add chicken stock.
• Cover and cook about 30 seconds until jade green.
• Remove and drain.
• Stir fry chicken until no longer pink.
• Add mushrooms and bamboo shoots and stir fry for one additional minute.
• Add back snow peas and toss to heat.
• Make well in center of wok or skillet and add sauce mixture.
• Stir until it starts to thicken, then mix in chicken and vegetables.
• Serve over rice.

ASIAN SNOW PEAS AND CARROTS

Steps:

• In a custard cup stir together 1/4 c water, soy sauce, cornstarch, and crushed red pepper.
• Micro-cook, uncovered, on 100% power for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or till thickened and bubbly, stirring every 30 seconds.(You can also just put this mixture in a saucepan and thicken it.).
• Saute carrot in a little oil over medium heat.
• Add snow peas and walnuts.
• Saute till the vegetables are crisp-tender.
• Add soy sauce mixture and serve immediately.

SNOW PEAS AND CARROTS

Steps:

• Cut the carrots into slices, diagonally.
• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan and add the carrots.
• Simmer for 2 minutes.
• Drain and rinse with cold water.
• Saute the shallots in the butter in a large skillet for 1 minute.
• Add the carrots and snow peas, turning to coat with butter.
• Add the sherry and cook for 3 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Season with salt and pepper and serve immediately.

SNOW PEA AND CARROT SAUTE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute snow peas in butter for 3 minutes.
• Add carrots and garlic and continue to saute for 1-2 minutes longer or until veggies are crisp-tender.
• Add honey, salt and pepper and heat through. Serve immediately.

SESAME CHICKEN WITH BROCCOLI AND SNOW PEAS

Steps:

• Prepare rice according to direction on package, omit salt.
• Set aside and keep warm.
• Toast sesame seeds in 350F oven about 2 minutes or until light golden brown.
• In mixing bowl combine soy sauce, water, sugar, sesame seeds, ginger, garlic, and onions.
• Add chicken, coat thoroughly.
• Cover tightly and refrigerate about 1 hour.
• Place chicken and marinade in single layer in bottom of 8x8x2 inch baking pan.
• Broil 6 inches from heat about 6 minutes or until golden brown.
• Mix in broccoli and snow peas.
• Continue broiling about 4 minutes or until vegetables are hot and crisp but tender.
• Serve immediately over hot rice.

CARROTS AND SNOW PEAS

Steps:

• In a large cast-iron skillet or wok, stir-fry carrots in butter for 3 minutes Add the snow peas, shallot and salt; stir-fry 2 minutes longer or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir in sherry; heat through.

5-INGREDIENT CHICKEN WITH PEAS AND CARROTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Heat a large high-sided skillet or braiser over medium-high heat. Coat the pan with 2 tablespoons of oil. Season the chicken skin generously with salt and pepper. Place the chicken skin-side down in the skillet. Season the underside with salt and pepper. Cook undisturbed until the chicken easily releases from the pan and is golden brown, about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, remove the carrot tops, leaving about 1 inch of green stem attached to the carrots. Set aside the carrot tops. Cut the carrots into 2- to 3-inch pieces and set aside.
• Flip the chicken and cook for 2 minutes. Turn off the heat, add the carrots and turn them in the oil to coat. Transfer the skillet to the oven and bake until the chicken registers 165 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer and the carrots are softened and caramelized in places, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Remove the chicken from the oven and add the frozen peas. Return the chicken to the oven, then turn off the oven. The residual heat from the oven and the hot skillet will thaw and heat the peas.
• Put the garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a 12- to 14-cup food processor and pulse to chop the garlic into very fine pieces, 3 to 4 pulses. Add the carrot tops and pulse until very finely chopped, 6 to 8 pulses. While pulsing, drizzle in the remaining 1/2 cup of oil until combined. Transfer to a small bowl.
• Serve the chicken, peas and carrots with the carrot top gremolata.

CHICKEN WITH PEAS AND CARROTS

Steps:

• sautee onions in oil until they soften, and then mix in the spices.
• Add tomatoes, then chicken, then the frozen peas and carrots.
• put them in the oven on medium heat for 1 1/2 - 2 hours.