Mandarin Chicken{a quick fakeaway meal}

 This is a recipe I have been meaning to try for a while.  It's been languishing in the loose recipe folder. Mandarin chicken is a quick prep easy meal for a fakeaway night.  Wish we'd bought potstickers to go with it. 

Prep the veggies and half your work is done.

It's a one pot meal, except the rice you'll need to make as a side.

Next time I am adding extra snap peas.

Mandarin Chicken

One 11-ounce can mandarin oranges

1/4 cup Teriyaki sauce

2 whole chicken breast, cut into 1-inch pieces

1 TB vegetable oil

1/4 garlic powder

1 medium onion chopped

10 ounces or so of snap peas

1/4 fresh mushrooms, sliced

Drain mandarin oranges reserving 2 TB of liquid. Blend reserved orange syrup with teriyaki sauce in a glass cup and set aside.

Heat oil in skillet then add chicken and garlic, stir frying for about 3 minutes. Remove chicken from pan.

Add onions, peas and mushrooms to the pan and stir fry for 3 minutes or until onions are tender.  Add chicken and teriyaki mixture.  Cook and stir until chicken and vegetables are heated.  Gently stir in mandarins just before serving.  Serve over hot rice.

NOTE: I used boneless skinless thighs instead and fresh snap peas instead of frozen.  If you prep by slicing/ measuring ahead of time it only takes a few minutes tt cook later on.  I did the prep before we took Loki to the park and I was glad, got dinner on the table fast.

Sharing with Marg at The Intrepid Reader for Weekend Cooking.

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