• Fajita Vegetables

    Credits

    Recipe adapted from Culinary Hill.

    Ingredients

    AmountIngredients
    14goil, vegetable
    2bell peppers, small, sliced
    2red onions, medium, sliced
    ½ tspsalt
    ½ tsporegano, Mexican, dried

    Process

    1. In a large skillet or wok, sauté bell peppers and onions in oil until desired consistency; cook less to keep them snappy, longer to make them soft
    2. Add salt and oregano

    Nutrition

    100g = 71 calories

    Notes

    • Can sub regular oregano for Mexican oregano
    Fajita Vegetables
  • Thai Basil Fried Rice with Chicken

    Credits

    Recipe adapted from a combination of this Allrecipes.com listing and Hot Thai Kitchen.

    Ingredients

    Makes 6 servings

    AmountIngredient
    3 Toyster sauce
    3 Tfish sauce
    1 tspsugar
    12 ozchicken breast, boneless, skinless, raw
    42goil, neutral, divided
    ½ cuponion, chopped
    1 cupbell pepper, red, chopped
    ½ cupcarrot, shredded
    2Serrano peppers, slit
    1 Tgarlic, minced
    680grice, Jasmine, cooked
    1 Tsoy sauce, less sodium
    ½ cupcilantro, chopped
    ¼ cupThai basil, fresh

    Process

    Prep

    1. Mix oyster sauce, fish sauce and sugar in small bowl; use half the mixture to marinate the chicken.
    2. Prep the rest of the vegetables and ingredients (chop onion, bell pepper, slit Serranos)

    Cook

    1. In a large wok, heat HALF the oil until shimmering and add marinated chicken along with any marinade that’s settled in the bottom of the bowl (NOT the rest of the mixture which was set aside in step 1)
    2. Saute chicken until mostly cooked through and no longer pink on the outside. Cut into a piece to see if it’s cooked. Remove from wok and set aside.
    3. In the same wok, without cleaning, add the remaining oil and stir fry the onions, bell peppers, carrots, Serrano peppers and garlic to desired doneness.
    4. Add rice and continue to stir fry.
    5. Add marinade mixture set aside in step 1, plus soy sauce; stir to distribute sauce evenly.
    6. Add chicken back to wok (with any accumulated juices), cilantro, and Thai basil; stir fry until chicken is cooked through.

    Serve hot with sliced cucumbers and fresh lime wedges

    Nutrition

    Calories: 300 per serving (⅙th of recipe)

    Notes

    • 1 mini cucumber = 10 calories, juice of half a lime = 6 calories
    • Go easy on the serrano if you can’t tolerate heat very well
    • If your wok or frying pan is small, make the recipe in batches
    Thai Basil Fried Rice with Chicken

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