Sweet and Sour Chicken (shockingly not from pinterest)

Hello friends! This week has been busy for us with birthdays/family meals, time with friends and a wedding! So, we are only able to cook 2 meals at home this week. Tonight we cooked Sweet and Sour Chicken from Food Network. We are always on the hunt for healthier asian food recipes, as it is one of Jacob's favorite type of foods. This was our first food network recipe, but we will definitely be trying more! Jacob thinks it's better than Pei Wei...it involves quite a few obscure ingredients, but it tastes wonderful!

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 teaspoon chili-garlic sauce
• 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce (the website calls for reduced sodium... we had an unfortunate homemade fried rice experience with reduced sodium soy sauce so we use the regular kind :))
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 2 teaspoons corn starch
• 4 teaspoons oil (the recipe calls for peanut oil...super targets in plano/the colony don't carry it...so we use oilve oil and add peanuts)
• 2-4 chicken breasts cut into 1-inch pieces
• salt and pepper to taste
• mixed bell peppers cut into 1-inch strips (the first time we made this we cut them up, this time we used frozen)
• brown rice (we still love Uncle Ben's Ready Rice)
• chopped peanuts (to make your oil peanutty and for garnish)

1. In a small bowl, mix honey, chili-garlic cause, vinegar, soy sauce, orange juice and corn starch. Set aside for later.
2. Coat the chicken with 2 teaspoons of oil and heat large skillet over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper and cook for about 2 mintues. The high heat will help to brown it and make it look more like sweet and sour chicken since it isn't fried :) Transfer partially cooked chicken to a plate and reserve the pan.
3. Heat the remaining 2 teaspoons oil in the pan. Add in peppers and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are crisp tender.This is usually when we add some peanuts
4. Stir in the reserved chicken. Whisk the sauce and add it to the pan. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until the cauce is thickened and the chicken is tender.
5. Serve over rick and sprinkle with peanuts if desired.

Tomorrow we are trying the much anticipated cauliflower pizza crust. I had a friend try it earlier this week and she gave me a few tips. I also had to promise that we could order pizza if it wasn't good. SO if just a picture of Papa John's or Pizza Hut is posted, y'all will all know what happened! :)