Cashew Chicken

This original recipe came from the Saving Dinner book.  It was suggested to serve this with a Spinach Salad and rice.  I just added lots more veggies to the original recipe (only had 2 carrots and 1 stalk celery.)  This sounded like a stir fry which are usually heavier in veggies so I used more carrots, celery and added broccoli.  It could use more veggies with no problem, but I hadn't planned on it.  I just had some fresh broccoli that needed to be used.  Pea would also be good.  I also wanted a bit extra sauce so I upped the amount of orange juice in the sauce.  I also cut out a whole Tablespoon of oil because I used my pre-cooked chicken.  That also made it a quicker meal as well whick is always nice.   It turned out excellent.  There were no left overs because people had seconds.  Here is how I made it.

Ingredients

• 1 cup orange juice
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 Tablespoon corn starch
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 Tablespoon oil
• 4 green onions, chopped
• 4 medium carrots
• 3 stalks celery, sliced
• 2 cups chopped broccoli
• 1 lb pre-cooked chicken (defrosted 2 minutes in microwave)
• 1/2 cup cashews (original recipe had more)
• 3 cups brown rice (I actually made this much to have left over for rice pudding in the morning, but I didn't end up with much more than the cunchy stuff on the bottom of the rice cooker.  :(

Directions

1. In a bowl, combine juice, honey, soy sauce, corn starch, and seasonings.
2. In a wok, heat oil, add veggies and stir-fry for several minutes until veggies are crisp-tender.    Add the chicken and break up a bit more if necessary. 
3. Add sauce mixture and cook until sauce boils and thickens.  (Original recipe added cashews at this point, but Tavio complained, and I got to thinking about it and decided they would be better all salty and crunchy on top, so I didn't add them.)
4. Serve over rice.  Sprinkle cashews over the top.  (I then mixed everything together on my plate because I had made more sauce purposely to cover the rice.)  YUM!