This might be your new favorite dinner ... Just a few ingredients but lots of flavor.
Course
Dinner
Cuisine
Chinese
Prep Time15minutes
Cook Time30minutes
Total Time45minutes
Servings6servings
AuthorErin Brighton
Ingredients
2lbs. chicken, cut into chunks
20clovesof garlic, thinly sliced
1serrano pepper(or other thin green pepper), no seeds, thinly sliced
1inchginger, thinly sliced
1/3cupsesame oil
1/3cuptamari(or gluten-free soy sauce)
1/3cupmirin(sweet rice wine)
2tablespoonssugar
1bunch scallions, chopped
20basil leaves, chopped or left whole
Instructions
Combine thinly sliced garlic, pepper, and ginger in a large heavy duty pan or wok with 1/3 cup of sesame oil. Cook over medium high heat until garlic, peppers and ginger are softened.
Add chopped chicken and cook for about 5 to 10 minutes.
Combine soy sauce, mirin, and sugar. Whisk together.
Pour over the chicken. Bring heat up to high until the sauce boils. Reduce the heat to about medium high so that the sauce can thicken - about 20 minutes.
When the sauce is cooked down, add the basil and scallions.
Serve over your favorite rice. with a side of sauteed broccoli or kale.