Teriyaki Chicken Stir Fry --- SOOO Yummy!

Wednesday's dinner is Chicken stir fry - Teriyaki Style!  Yum!   And there is ALL kinds of crazy sneaky-mama stuff in here!!!

So...what do you need?

- 2 chicken breasts
- 1 cup of rice
- 1 bag of Califonia style mixed veggies
- 1/2 bottle of teriyaki sauce
- 1/4 cup pureed cauliflower and zuchinni
- 1/4 cup of pureed broccoli/peas/spinach
- 1/8 cup pureed broccoli/peas/spinach
- 1-3 heaping tbsp pureed white beans
- 2 tbsp vegan margarine or butter
- splash of orange juice (calcium fortified)

To make the chicken
- cut up chicken in tiny bite size pieces.  There is no reason that we would need more than 2 chicken breasts in the stir fry.  If I was feeding a family of 4, we would only use 1.  People eat too big of servings of meat in my honest opinion.
- heat oil in a large wok and cook until finished.  I usually cook them until they are slightly browned.  Then add a splash of teriyaki sauce to the chicken and toss until evenly coated (barely - just a light coating not a sauce)
- set aside

To make the rice
- put rice in a rice cooker, 1 cup of rice to 2 cups water.  I make this much so that we have some left overs to make a fried rice or to throw into a soup.   Cook it.  Can take up to 45 minutes, so be prepared and have it started first.

To make the pasta (my kids hate rice)
- cook up enough pasta for your kids
- heat up 2 TBSP of butter until melted.  Add about 1-3tbsp of white bean paste (start low and see how high you can go later - lol).  Mix that together and add about 1/4 cup of water to thin out.  I usually add about 1/8 of a cup of pureed broccoli/peas/spinach to get some funky color.  Add some salt and pepper or other seasoning.  Then toss over cooked and strained pasta. 

To make the stir fry sauce
- pour 1/2 a bottle of teriyaki sauce into a measuring cup
- add 1/2 cup pureed veggies (I used 1/4 cup cauliflower/zuchinni and 1/4 cup broccoli/spinach/peas)
- add a splash of orange juice to thin out and mix well

So then put it together.  Steam up your bag of mixed veggies along with the finished chicken in the wok until done.  Then pour your sauce over the wok mixture and toss evenly.  Serve over hot rice or pasta.  You can add sesame seeds for garnish if you feel like being fancy!

Here is the cost breakdown

The chicken breasts cost $5.00
1/2 bottle of teriyaki sauce - I used The Keg Teriyaki Sauce - $1.75
The Veggies were $2.50
The vegan margerine was about 10 cents
The rice was about 15 cents
The pasta was about 25 cents
The purees were about 75 cents

Total worked out to be $11.00.  Divide this by the 6 eating people in our family and it works out to be $1.83 per person.  This will leave left overs (for lunch boxes!).

Enjoy!