Now this just makes the chicken/sauce. I did do a quick improv with some fresh carrots, onions, frozen broccoli, and frozen peas that I heated up with a little of the sauce. I then took and mixed the remaining sauce with the chicken then put it with the vegetables and let it all chill together for a little bit before I consumed this like it was going out of style.
Ingredients
* 1 whole boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 4 equal pieces (1lb)
* vegetable oil cooking spray
* 2/3 cup sugar (or less, according to taste)
* 1/4 cup soy sauce
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice
* 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
* 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
* 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
* 1/4 cup water
* 4 teaspoons cornstarch
Directions
1 Spray chicken breasts with vegetable oil spray.
2 Grill chicken breasts 4-6 minutes per side or until done (chicken should be brown in spots).
3 Chop chicken into bite size pieces, set aside.
4 Combine sugar, soy sauce, lemon juice, oil, garlic and ginger in a small saucepan.
5 Heat over medium until sugar is dissolved, stirring often.
6 Bring to boil.
7 Combine cornstarch and water.
8 Add to sauce pan, stirring often.
9 Reduce heat and simmer 4-6 minutes or until sauce thickens.
10 Pour chicken into a large frying pan over medium heat.
11 Heat until chicken sizzles, then reduce heat and pour sauce over the chicken.
12 Heat through.
13 Serve over white rice.
This is a copy of the Mandarin Chicken they serve at Panda Express. If you love it and found this recipe, let me know how it turned out for you. I ate mine with vegetables too but the sauce was pretty spot on.
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