DAY 5: Sweet and Sour Chicken, Rice, Mandarin Orange Salad

Sweet & Sour Chicken

  • 1 chicken breast, cut into 1″ cubes

  • 1 Tbsp olive oil

  • 1 cup carrots, sliced

  • 1 small onion, chopped

  • 1 small green bell pepper, chopped

  • 8 oz tomato sauce

  • 1 ½ tsp chili powder

  • 1 tsp paprika

  • ½ tsp sea salt

  • ¼ cup red wine vinegar

  • ¼ cup molasses

Instructions

Brown chicken in olive oil in a skillet or wok. Add vegetables, mix well and saute for 15-20 minutes, stirring often. Add remaining ingredients and heat through. Serve over cooked White Jasmine Rice

White Jasmine Rice

  • 1 cup white rice

  • 2 cups water

  • ½ tsp sea salt

Instructions

Place rice, water, and salt in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook, covered, for 15-20 minutes, or until water is absorbed and rice is tender. (You may choose to use a rice cooker.)

Mandarin Orange Salad

  • ¼ cup sliced almonds

  • 2 Tbsp sugar

  • ½ head red leaf lettuce

  • 2 sticks celery

  • ½ cucumber

  • 2 green onions, sliced

  • 1 can mandarin oranges, drained

Sweet & Sour Dressing

  • ¼ cup olive oil

  • 2 Tbsp sugar

  • 2 Tbsp white vinegar

  • 1 Tbsp dried parsley

  • ½ tsp sea salt

  • Dash of pepper

  • ¼ tsp red pepper sauce

Instructions

Mix almonds and sugar in skillet. Cook and stir over low heat until almonds are coated. Remove and cool. Make salad of lettuce, celery, cucumber and onion. Just before serving, add almonds and mandarins and toss. Whisk together all Sweet & Sour Dressing ingredients or shake in a bottle to combine. Drizzle over Mandarin Orange Salad.