Chinese Peanut Chicken

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups roasted peanuts (if peanuts are not roasted, see * below.)
• 5 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 1/2 inches gingerroot, minced
• 3 scallions, chopped
• 4 -5 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, cubed
• 3/4 cup soybean paste, sweetened (found in asian markets)
• 1/3 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 fry garlic and ginger on medium-high heat until beginning to brown. add green onion and let fry for half a minute.
• 2 add chicken cubes and turn up the heat to high, stir-frying until opaque.
• 3 turn heat back down to medium. toss in peanuts and soybean paste, stirring to coat.
• 4 sprinkle sugar over the mixture and stir for a minute or two longer.
• 5 serve with rice.
• 6 *if your peanuts are not roasted, put them in an oven preheated at 350 for 15-20 minutes. stir once before done. take them out before completely roasted because they continue to cook once out of the oven.