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Yasai Itame with chicken recipe

Get ready for this veggie-packed stir-fry because it’s going to convert you into a stir-fry person for good. It’s a versatile recipe, so you can make it vegan by removing the chicken and oyster sauce. When you’re too lazy to cook, you can whip this recipe up quickly and know that you’re eating healthy food. It’s such an easy recipe to make; all you have to do is toss the ingredients into the wok, stir them and let them fry.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword Chicken, Stir fry, Vegetables
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 4
Author Joost Nusselder
Cost $7-8

Equipment

  • carbon steel wok

Ingredients

  • 10 oz chicken breast cut into thin strips
  • 2 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp cooking sake
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 garlic clove minced
  • 1- inch fresh ginger minced
  • ½ onion sliced
  • ¼ cabbage sliced
  • 1 oz snow peas
  • 2 carrots sliced into thin strips
  • 1 green bell pepper sliced
  • 3.5 oz bean sprouts

Instructions

  • As you prep the tools and ingredients, grab a bowl and place your chicken pieces. Cover with sake and 1 tbsp of soy sauce. Let the meat marinate for about 5 minutes.
    Cover with sake and 1 tbsp of soy sauce
  • Heat the wok, add the oil and fry the minced garlic and ginger for approximately 30 seconds.
    Heat the wok, add the oil and fry the minced garlic and ginger for approximately 30 seconds.
  • Add the chicken and fry for about 3 minutes. The meat will lose the pink color and start to brown.
    Add the chicken and fry for about 3 minutes
  • Add the onion, carrot, cabbage, and stir fry for 5 minutes.
    Add the onion, carrot, cabbage
  • Once the veggies have softened, add the snow peas, bean sprouts, and bell peppers. These don’t need more than a couple of minutes to cook.
    add the snow peas, bean sprouts, and bell peppers
  • Drizzle the soy sauce and oyster sauce.
    Drizzle the soy sauce and oyster sauce.
  • Keep stir-frying for about 2 more minutes. Stirring is important because you don’t want the ingredients to stick to the bottom of the wok.
    Keep stir-frying for about 2 more minutes
  • Mix everything together and serve on a bed of hot rice (or a side dish of your choice).

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