Bang Bang Chicken

Hello fellow eaters! So these days, I tend to favor the quick and healthy meals. I do love to get lost in the kitchen when the time allows, but with a very social newborn, and a very active toddler, I don't get much time to think about food anymore...

oh well. one day they'll both go down for a nap at the same time.... one day....

Todays meal doesn't hide the vegetables at all. I tend to not have a problem with getting my little one to eat broccoli at the moment, so I don't have to hide it. But the beauty of this dish is that if there is any veggie your young one will eat, I'm sure it'll go with this. If in doubt though, just steam and puree some silverbeet or spinach and mix it in. It's a flexible dish.

And for a bit of background. Apparently bang bang chicken is street food in China. Vendors sell it by banging 2 sticks together. Thus "bang bang".  Could make for "here, get out of the kitchen while I'm cooking and tell the neighborhood we are having bang bang chicken by banging these sticks together" activity for the kiddies?

ingredients

2 T oil
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
1-2 green onions, chopped
3 cm ginger (2 T), minced
500 g (1 lb) chicken, chopped (we use boneless skinless thighs, or for a lighter option chicken breast),
2 T soy sauce
2 T peanut butter (i put in 4 because I love peanut butter)
1 T vinegar
1/4 cup water
1 broccoli, chopped
1 green capsicum/pepper, chopped

Serve with rice.

directions

Heat the oil in a frying pan and put the garlic, onions, ginger, and chicken. Cook until the chicken is no longer raw.

Mix the soy sauce, peanut butter, vinegar, and water together in a small bowl. When the chicken is cooked, add this and the veggies. Continue cooking until the sauce is thickened and the veggies are crisp-tender (read: they have retain their color but aren't raw).

Serve over rice, and I like to put a dollop of unsweetened yogurt on top.