Teriyaki Stir Fry

I am so sad I didn't take a picture of this dinner. It was so pretty!

It was really easy and SO yum. Probably one of my favorite dinners lately, and I didn't even use a recipe!

My inspiration was these pineapple teriyaki meatballs we got at costco a few weeks ago. The first package we ate with umm nothing because I was lazy and all I had to do was pop them in the oven for a few minutes. But last night I decided they would be good with veggies. So here is the stir fry "recipe" I used. 

1 Japanese eggplant (the long skinny kind)

1 medium carrot

1 small-medium head of broccoli

1 1/2 cups sliced mushrooms

1/4 purple onion

olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

teriyaki sauce

cooked rice

Chop up all your veggies into bite size pieces. Heat some oil in a large skillet then add the onions. After the onions have started to cook, add veggies in order of cooking time, you don't want anything over done! Once the vegetable are pretty much done, add however much teriyaki sauce you prefer. Stir around and make sure it coats all the veggies. 

Thats it! Super easy and way better than dumping the frozen ones in a pan (which is what I usually do). Serve the vegetables over rice! I cooked up some of the yummy costco meatballs and put them on top of everything. It was really really good. 

You can add whatever meat or other vegetables you are feelin!

 

orange chicken and fried rice

Last night I made this super easy orange chicken. Super easy like all you do is dump it out of the bag, bake it, then pour the sauce over it. haha It is from Costco, and it's pretty good! I did have to actually make the rice though... here is the recipe:

3 cups cooked rice, cooled (I used white, but brown would be healthier!)
2 eggs, beaten
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup frozen veggies, thawed (whatever you have, I used a mix of peas, carrots, corn and edamame)
4 tablespoons soy sauce
4 tablespoons water

-Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in large skillet, then scramble the eggs, until just done. Don't over-cook.

-Add the veggies, rice and remaining oil and cook for about 5 minutes. (Don't worry if it get dry and crispy, thats good!)

-Mix the soy sauce and water together in a small bowl and pour over the rice.

-Cook, stirring occasionally until the moisture is absorbed. (about 5 more minutes)

-Season with salt and pepper to taste!

You can really add whatever you want to this, leftover chicken or beef, onions, whatever you feel like!

Chicken Fried Rice

Now that we are all very poor students, we need some really inexpensive meals, right? Well, the cost of last night's dinner came to maybe $2 total. Pretty good.

Note: This can be made with Ramen instead of rice. Just use 1/2 of the seasoning packet instead of the buillion cube when cooking the chicken and the other half sprinkle on the drained noodles

Ingredients:

chicken breasts (I used 2)

3 c. cooked rice (or 2 packets ramen)

eggs (I used 2)

1 c. frozen mixed veggies (I used peas, carrots, corn and green beans, but normandy blend would be better)

1 buillion cube- chicken or beef

1/2 c. orange juice or 1 tbsp oj concentrate (if using concentrate add 1/2 c. water)

1/4 c. soy sauce
black or red pepper for some heat

Instructions:

Cut the chicken breast into bite sized pieces and cook with some pepper, buillion, soy sauce, and OJ in a saucepan. Remove chicken from pan and set aside, reserving juices.

In a separate pan, Fry eggs until yolks are set, but not hard. Dice.

Add frozen veggies to the pan with the juices from the chicken. Cook on medium until the veggies thaw. Add cooked rice and bring to simmer. If more liquid is desired, add equal parts soy sauce and OJ.

Stir in diced fried eggs and top with chicken.

Enjoy!

CP

orange chicken

Yesterday I found a bag of orange chicken in the freezer. While the chicken baked, I made the sauce a little better. It came with some sauce stuff, but it was overly sweet and basically gross. So I added about a quarter cup of OJ concentrate and a little bit of Mr. Yoshida's sauce (you can get it at costco and it'll last forever) and some garlic salt and red pepper flakes. I let it all cook together, then mixed the chicken into it and served it over noodles. Quick, easy and good!
Right now I have some chicken, rice and veggie stuff in the crock pot for tonight's dinner, and I'll let you know how that turns out.

CP