Chicken and Pear Stir Fry

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts stir fried with pears, peppers, mushrooms and almonds. Chicken and pear stir-fry served over brown rice.
Ingredients -
6 Dried Mushrooms, soaked in warm water 30 minutes
3/4 cup cold Water
3 tablespoons Frozen Fruit Juice Concentrate
2 tablespoons Soy Sauce
2 teaspoons Cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon Ground Ginger
1/4 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
Hot Cooked Brown Rice
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon Ground Red Pepper
1/4 cup sliced Almonds
1 tablespoon Peanut Oil
2 medium Green or Red Bell Peppers, cut in strips
2 medium Pears, thinly sliced
12 ounces Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast Halves
 
Preparation:
1. Drain mushrooms. Squeeze out any excess water. Cut off and discard stems.

2. Thinly slice mushrooms.

3. In a small bowl, combine water, juice, soy sauce, cornstarch, ginger, cinnamon, and ground red pepper. Set aside.

4. Heat wok over medium high heat.

5. Toast almonds in wok for 1 minute and remove from wok.

6. Add peanut oil to hot wok.

7. Stir-fry mushrooms, peppers, and pears 2 minutes, or until crisp tender. Remove and set aside.

8. Add chicken to wok. Stir-fry 3 minutes. Push chicken to side of wok.

9. Add sauce to wok and stir to thicken. Cook 1 additional minute.

10. Return mushrooms, peppers, and pears back to wok.

11. Stir to combine, chicken, sauce, mushrooms, peppers, and pears

12. Add almonds and heat through.

13. Serve over brown rice.

 
Variations and Recipe Ideas:
 
 
 
 



Cooking Tip

Dried Mushrooms
You can substitute shiitake or other quality mushrooms for the dried mushrooms, if necessary.

Cooking Tip

Keys to Stir-Frying
The keys to chicken and pear stir-fry success is a hot wok, and quality ingredients completely prepared for cooking in advance.