Friday Fast & Easy Meals-Asian

I love a meal that I can literally throw together with very minimal ingredients and very little effort on a weeknight. Not only is this whole meal beyond easy to put together it is cost effective for even a super large family. It is filling AND it offers variety because you can literally sub in any veggies that sound good to you, are on super sale at one of the local stores or come straight from your own garden which saves you even more!

Quick & Easy Stir Fry

2-3 chicken breasts 

•  Make adjustments depending on how many you need to feed and how large the chicken breasts are. This is for about 4. Two meals that evening and we both have lunch for the next day)

1 1/2 cups of soy sauce

• I use a good bit of the low sodium soy sauce and I think this is one thing you would benefit from buying in bulk. It's super to have on hand and really versatile. 

2 Tablespoons Minced Garlic

2 shakes of ground ginger 

• I do not use fresh. I just use the powder kind.

Take the soy sauce, garlic and ground ginger and mix in a gallon Ziploc baggie. Reserve a few tablespoons of marinade for cooking. Add the chicken and marinate for at least 30 minutes in the fridge but you could marinate longer for even more taste. Once you are ready to cook remove from the bag and cut into bite size pieces and throw into a pan to cook until done. I like to add a splash of olive oil and a little of the juice I reserved from when I mixed the marinade. 

Serve the chicken over brown rice, broccoli florets and steamed carrots. I like to buy frozen veggies. They are so easy to dump in a bowl with 2-3 tablespoons of water and steam. I also cook my rice in the microwave. I just use the wal mart brand brown rice. It could not get easier or quicker to throw it together. When buying broccoli I will throw in to look for a brand or bag that says broccoli FLORETS. If it does not specify you get half florets and half stems. You may like them but we do not love the stems so that is just a side note. 

To top off this dish once I get everything all mixed in the bowl ready to serve I put a few splashes of soy sauce over the top to get some extra flavor on the veggies and rice.