Szechuan Chicken With Peanuts 6 Ww Pts

Total Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb chicken breast, cut into strips
• 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons chili-garlic sauce
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 tablespoon minced peeled gingerroot
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 2 medium carrots, thinly sliced on the diagonal
• 1/4 cup unsalted dry roasted peanuts

Recipe

• 1 combine the chicken, 1 tbsp of the hoisin sauce and 1 tbsp of the cornstarch in a bowl. toss to coat and set aside.
• 2 combine remaining 2 tbsp hoisin sauce, 1 tbsp cornstarch and the chicken broth, rice vinegar, sugar and chili garlic sauce and set aside.
• 3 heat a large, deep skillet over medium heat. add oil. then add chicken. stir fry until almost done, 2-3 minutes.
• 4 add ginger and garlic, stir-fry about 15 seconds.
• 5 add pepper, carrots and peanuts. stir-fry until crisp-tender about 2 minutes.
• 6 add hoisin sauce mixture and cook, stirring constantly until it boils and thickens and chicken is done (about 2-3 minutes).
• 7 serve with rice, if desired.