June 13, 2012 – Chicken and Lima Bean Stir Fry

CURSE YOU LIMA BEANS I WANT TO EAT OTHER THINGS NOW!!!  As no doubt you may have gathered despite my regard, or rather dis-regard, for Baby Lima Beans at the moment, I still love Asian food and most especially the stir fry.  What other dish could provide you with protein and Asian-ness at the same time?  Scratch that, there’s a lot of things...but stir fry is easy.  It’s easy and it’s quick and when we’re in summer hours at work so I’m not getting home until 7pm (at the earliest!)  stir fry is a good fix.  Plus I hoped that it would mask the baby lima beans (it didn’t).

Chicken and Lima Bean Stir Fry – from my brain and needing to use up the chicken and stir fry in my fridge

Ingredients:

• Two portions of chicken thighs – check
• Half a cup of lima beans or more – check
• Sliced orange peppers (roughly 1/4^th of a cup) – check
• Sliced cucumbers – check
• Veg oil – check
• Sesame seeds – check
• Two packets of Soy Sauce – check
• One tbs Rice Wine Vinegar – check
• One tbs Terriyaki Sauce – check

Step 1: Cube the chicken thighs into even-ish pieces.  Slice cucumbers and orange peppers into thin slivers (about the size of crunchy Asian yummies).

Step 2: Heat a tablespoon or so of oil and sesame seeds in a medium large skillet or saucepan. 

Step 3: Throw the chicken cubes into the saucepan.  Add the Rice Wine Vinegar, Terriyaki Sauce, and Soy Sauce to the pan and mix.  Allow to cook for a minute or so.

Step 4: Throw in all the veggies and beans.  Mix well without letting any of them escape their personal caldron of doom…I mean the saucepan. Allow to simmer 10-15 minutes while you clean dishes etc, or basically until it is cooked. 

Step 5: Cool and serve.

I have two-ish things to say about this dish.  The first is that I love Asian food and let’s face it, stir fry of any variety is the easiest thing to make.  Especially my stir fry which is always a decision of “well which sauces should I use, and what meat and veggies will I throw in?”  Second, I think I hate Lima Beans right now.  Too much of a food you’re not particularly fond of to begin with is WAY TOO MUCH of that food. Next time, no Lima Beans. Luckily I made enough to eat some for lunch, and also luckily I was done in time to eat, do the dishes, do my hanging laundry, and meet the lovely Ang for some vino and cheese.  This foodsperiment gets a +5 for taste, + for Asian, -4 for Lima Beans, +8 for lunch tomorrow, +5 for vino with Ang!  Happy Sperimenting!

Chicken and Lima Bean Stir-Fry...I am in a fight with Lima Beans