Monday and Wednesday nights are fencing/music lessons and we are dealing with hysterical starving hangry-ness come 6:30. And that is just me I am talking about- the kids are pretty hungry too.

Since these days I am torn between seriously craving home-cooked meals and being desperately lazy and dying to order take out, I have found a happy medium (at least some of the time).

Spicy Ginger Orange Basil Chicken BowlThis is like as fast as takeout (you have to factor in the driving and or waiting time afterall!) and as good as takeout (at least really good takeout). It’s a total befuddled Asian wanna-be dish- but it’s still reeeally good and isn’t that what counts in the end? Spicy Ginger Orange Basil Chicken Bowl

I love that we can get home and in the time it takes me to steam some jasmine rice (15-20 minutes) I have the rest of this done. Fast, fast, fast! (and easy)Just the way I like it!

Sweet and sour orange juice and spicy red chili, plus ginger and fragrant thai basil make for a rather intoxicating sauce. With tender small bites of lean white chicken breast and crunchy bites of green bean- you kind of have the best of everything. It’s like a lightened up hack on takeout thai food, errr, or Chinese food, or maybe a combo of them both…

Spicy Ginger Orange Basil Chicken Bowl

Next weeknight when you are scrambling about, try this fast and easy dish or one of my other fast and easy kinda- Asian hack dishes like Light Kung Pao Chicken or Beef and Broccoli or Tahini Chicken Stir Fry.

Sweet and Spicy Ginger Orange Basil Chicken
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Serves: 2-4
 
Fast, Easy and Delicious!!! - a perfect solution to takeout on a busy weeknight!
Ingredients
  • Sweet and Sour Orange Sauce
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • ½ fresno chili
  • 1 tablespoon ginger, peeled and chopped
  • 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
  • ⅓ cup honey
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 pound skinless boneless chicken breast, cut into bite sized pieces
  • kosher salt
  • 2 cups green beans, cut into thirds
  • ½ cup fresh thai basil leaves
  • steamed white rice
Instructions
  1. To make the sauce: In the jar of a blender combine the garlic, chili, ginger, rice wine vinegar, honey and orange juice. Puree on high and season to taste with kosher salt. Set aside.
  2. In a large heavy skillet over medium high heat. Add the vegetable oil and then the chicken. Sprinkle generously with kosher salt and stir well. Cook for one minute and then add the green beans, sautéing for another minute. Add the sauce and cook for a few minutes over high heat until the sauce has thickened and the chicken is just cooked through.
  3. Serve the chicken, beans and sauce hot over steamed white rice garnished with thai basil.

 

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Monday and Wednesday nights are fencing/music lessons and we are dealing with hysterical starving hangry-ness come 6:30. And that is just me I am talking about- the kids are pretty hungry too.

Since these days I am torn between seriously craving home-cooked meals and being desperately lazy and dying to order take out, I have found a happy medium (at least some of the time).

Spicy Ginger Orange Basil Chicken BowlThis is like as fast as takeout (you have to factor in the driving and or waiting time afterall!) and as good as takeout (at least really good takeout). It’s a total befuddled Asian wanna-be dish- but it’s still reeeally good and isn’t that what counts in the end? Spicy Ginger Orange Basil Chicken Bowl

I love that we can get home and in the time it takes me to steam some jasmine rice (15-20 minutes) I have the rest of this done. Fast, fast, fast! (and easy)Just the way I like it!

Sweet and sour orange juice and spicy red chili, plus ginger and fragrant thai basil make for a rather intoxicating sauce. With tender small bites of lean white chicken breast and crunchy bites of green bean- you kind of have the best of everything. It’s like a lightened up hack on takeout thai food, errr, or Chinese food, or maybe a combo of them both…

Spicy Ginger Orange Basil Chicken Bowl

Next weeknight when you are scrambling about, try this fast and easy dish or one of my other fast and easy kinda- Asian hack dishes like Light Kung Pao Chicken or Beef and Broccoli or Tahini Chicken Stir Fry.

Sweet and Spicy Ginger Orange Basil Chicken
Author: 
Prep time: 
Cook time: 
Total time: 
Serves: 2-4
 
Fast, Easy and Delicious!!! - a perfect solution to takeout on a busy weeknight!
Ingredients
  • Sweet and Sour Orange Sauce
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • ½ fresno chili
  • 1 tablespoon ginger, peeled and chopped
  • 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
  • ⅓ cup honey
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 pound skinless boneless chicken breast, cut into bite sized pieces
  • kosher salt
  • 2 cups green beans, cut into thirds
  • ½ cup fresh thai basil leaves
  • steamed white rice
Instructions
  1. To make the sauce: In the jar of a blender combine the garlic, chili, ginger, rice wine vinegar, honey and orange juice. Puree on high and season to taste with kosher salt. Set aside.
  2. In a large heavy skillet over medium high heat. Add the vegetable oil and then the chicken. Sprinkle generously with kosher salt and stir well. Cook for one minute and then add the green beans, sautéing for another minute. Add the sauce and cook for a few minutes over high heat until the sauce has thickened and the chicken is just cooked through.
  3. Serve the chicken, beans and sauce hot over steamed white rice garnished with thai basil.

 

Recipe by Heather Christo (http://heatherchristo.com)