Mongolian Chicken

So I've been on a bit of a Chinese food kick for the past couple of days.  Friday we made Chinese Beef Brisket in the slow cooker and it was amazing!  Then Mexican Saturday night at our favorite restaurant and Chinese Mongolian Chicken for Sunday Dinner.  

And let me just read your mind really quick and answer the question that you're probably thinking to yourself... NO I'm not pregnant.   

Phew, now that you're not thinking about that anymore let's talk about how delicious this Mongolian Chicken  was :) 

I totally cheated when I made this and I used a Kikkoman Mongolian Beef seasoning packet that I've been wanting to try.  Yes, I know it said beef but trust me... it went well with the chicken and was a good addition to my ingredient list.  

Here's what it looked like.  And... I have only seen it at Target so I'm not sure where else you can buy it.  If you go to the Kikkoman website you can search by zip code and it will bring up a list of stores in your area :) 

Mongolian Chicken Ingredients

1 packet of Kikkoman Mongolian Beef seasoning 

2/3 cup chicken stock

1 1/2 tablespoons oyster sauce

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 teaspoon ginger

1 teaspoon hoisin sauce

1 red bell pepper, sliced thinly (and I chopped mine into little pieces) 

1 1/2 tablespoon minced garlic, divided

5 green onions, chopped 

5 medium-large zucchini, chopped

12 ounces mushrooms, chopped

4 cooked & cut chicken breasts, into bite sized pieces 

3-4 tablespoons sesame oil 

1 teaspoon corn starch

Directions

You can do your chicken one of two ways... you can stir fry it in sesame oil or you can bake it and cut it up into pieces.  I baked ours and then cut it up into pieces.  I just wanted my meal a little healthier and less oily so that's why I chose to bake my chicken first :) 

In a small mixing bowl combine your chicken stock, Kikkoman seasoning packet, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, ginger, 1/2 tablespoon minced garlic, oyster sauce and corn starch.  Set aside.  

Meanwhile, add 1-2 tablespoons of sesame oil to a large saute pan and stir fry your bell pepper, mushrooms, and green onions for a few minutes, until they start to get tender.  Add your chicken and continue to stir fry for another couple of minutes allowing it to slightly brown. Now add your sauce mixture and stir in well.  Turn heat to med-low and let it cook for about 4 minutes.  

While you're other veggies are being stir fried get out another large saute pan add 2 tablespoons of sesame oil and allow to heat up a little bit.  Add your chopped zucchini and 1 tablespoon of minced garlic.  Saute this mixture until the zucchini is fork tender (about 5-7 minutes).  You don't want to overcook this or it will turn soggy and that wouldn't be good.  

Once your zucchini mixture is fork tender you are ready to add your chicken and sauce mixture.  Just pour it over the zucchini and stir everything together.  I continued to allow this to cook for another 3 minutes before serving. 

Shauna's Tips

You could serve this with fried rice or noodles and it would be so yummy!  Since I'm trying to maintain my weight I skipped the rice and noodles this time and it was still so good :)  That's also why I baked our chicken.  I was already using so much sesame oil that I just couldn't bring myself to cook my chicken in it too.  

One thing that I did want to mention is that this is not a traditional "sweet" mongolian mixture.  I looked around at other recipes and I could have added a bit of brown sugar to the mix but I wanted to try it without the added sugars.  Again, trying to maintain my new weight so I'm really trying to be as careful with cooking as I can.  

Oh, and before I forget.  Just for the record... Oyster Sauce is not yuckie.  I was really hesitant to use it when cooking chinese but I've made dishes without it and then added it in and here's what I've found:

It's doesn't taste like fish like I thought it would... granted I've never tasted it all by itself (just thinking about it makes me gag a little - because the thought of Oyster Sauce does gross me outl).  It's hard to explain but it just really enhances the other flavors in the dish.  I don't recommend skipping this ingredient.  If you can't have oysters because of an allergy you can substitute a Vegetarian Oyster Sauce made from mushrooms.  I don't know how it would taste or where you could buy it but I've linked to an example just in case you want to check it out.    

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