Back to the Kitchen with Cooking Light

My girl weekend is over and it is back to Mom on the Run Reality. It was so fun just hanging with the girls and being a little goofy

 Left to Right. Lauren from Healthy Delicious, Rebecca, Myself, Monique from Food Snob, and Carol from Uncovering Food.

Reality = Healthy Meals and finding new recipes. Sounds real tough right? I went with simple and light this week as a cooking theme. It seems that I have something planned everyday after school this week, which does not leave me a lot of time to work with labor intensive ingredients and steps.

Tonight’s recipe come from my favorite Cooking Light. If you have never read the magazine or viewed their recipes, I encourage you to do so. I have never used a recipe that I didn’t like. I began my search for a recipe that could utilize the chicken breast that I had bought on sale. The recipe I found is flavorful and utilizes colorful ingredients that are extremely flavorful when paired together. I did modify it to fit dietary needs of the family.

Ginger-Peanut Chicken Stir-Fry with Brown Rice

Adapted from Cooking Light 

Ingredients:

• 1  teaspoon  olive oil
• 6  (4-ounce) skinned, boned chicken breast halves
• 1  cup  chopped seeded peeled cucumber
• 3/4  cup  chopped red bell pepper
• 1 1/2  tablespoons  sugar
• 1  tablespoon  minced peeled fresh ginger
• 3  tablespoons  fresh lime juice
• 1  tablespoon  low-sodium soy sauce
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 1  garlic clove, crushed
• 1/4  cup  creamy peanut butter
• 3  tablespoons  chopped fresh cilantro

Preparation:

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 5 minutes on each side or until done.

Remove the chicken from pan; cool. Shred the chicken into bite-size pieces.

Place chicken, cucumber, and bell pepper in a large bowl; set aside.

Place sugar and the next 6 ingredients (sugar through garlic) in a food processor, and process until smooth.

Add peanut butter and water; process until smooth, scraping sides.

I was able to use MaraNartha for the first time. I have heard so many reviews of this peanut butter and I was not disappointed. Great natural taste!

Add peanut butter mixture to chicken mixture; stir well. Add cilantro, and toss well.

Spoon 1/2 cup chicken mixture onto a bed of brown rice. I served this rice bowl style.

Enjoy!

The Review-

Dad on the Run and I loved this dish. The peanut butter made this dish very creamy. It was like having chicken satay in a “stir fry” form. Very light and savory.

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