Simple Asian Stir Fry

This past monday, the PTIYM staff filmed it's first cooking segment. I decided to demonstrate the execution of simple chicken stir fry.  It turned out (insert adjective here). Here's the segment. 

And here's the recipe, if you couldn't follow anything I said (which easily might have happened).

Simple Asian Stir Fry:

What You'll Need:

1 Red Onion

2 Carrots

1 Green Bell Pepper

1 lb Chicken Breast

Vegetable Oil

Red Pepper Flakes

1 tablespoon of Minced Garlic

Salt 

Pepper

3/4 Cup Water

1 Cup of Teriyaki Sauce

1 tablespoon Corn Starch

How You're Gonna Do It

Step 1. Prep all of the vegetables. In particular, julienne the onions and bell pepper, while cutting the carrots into quarter size pieces. Set the prepped veggies aside.

Step 2. Slice the chicken breast into thin, 1 inch strips. It may help to butterfly the chicken breast before cutting it into strips (depending on how thick the breast is). Place the cut chicken into a bowl and add some salt, pepper, and and a bit of Teriyaki sauce for a light marinade.

Step 3. While the chicken sits in its delicious juices, turn a stovetop on to medium (or medium-high) heat. Apply oil to a large, non-stick saute pan, and set on the heated stove, adding red pepper flakes as the oil heats. When the pan is sufficiently hot, add the garlic and cook till browned.

Step 4. After the garlic has browned in the oil, dump the cut chicken into the pan, allowing to cook to till done.

Step 5. Add water and bring to a boil. Once the water is to temperature, add the carrots first. After a few minutes, add the onions and bell pepper. This allows the carrots to steam longer, without making the bell pepper and onion overly mushy.

Step 6. While the vegetables steam, combine 1 cup of teriyaki sauce and 1 tablespoon of corn starch in a separate bowl. Once the corn starch is dissolved in the teriyaki, add the sauce to the pan, and bring up to a boil.

Step 7. Allow the sauce to boil until pan liquid is reduced by at least half. And . . . that's a wrap. Serve with rice (frozen steam bags work well and take less than 4 minutes to heat in a microwave). Yielded recipe should feed four to five people.

This recipe was made for under $10 dollars and is bound to stimulate your taste buds and your piggy bank. Go ahead, put some stir fry in your mouth. You're gonna like the way it tastes. I guarantee it.