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Orange, soy and maple chicken

April 23, 2012 by Katie Bryson 9 Comments

Orange, soy and maple chicken stir fry

This is just a very simple marinade I used  for a chicken stir fry the other night, I had some spare oranges to use up, some maple syrup rattling around in the fridge and I always have soy sauce in my storecupboard. And that’s all you need.

I’m more than a little partial to those little sachets of Blue Dragon stir fry sauces, but there’s something a lot purer (and cheaper) about making your own. Plus you can adjust the sweet/salty balance to exactly how you like it.

I let the chicken sit in the marinade for an hour in the fridge and then stir fried it gently in the sauce, so the meat was thoroughly cooked but remained soft. In the last couple of minutes I added the chopped peppers, frozen peas and grated carrot.

I served it up with lazy person’s rice – Tilda pouches of steamed basmati rice that you shove in the microwave for two minutes – the boys go mad for the lime and coriander flavour.

I finished it with a liberal scattering of munchy seeds, to up the nutrition levels and to add some extra crunch.

We hadn’t had a meat stir fry for ages, we normally use quorn pieces, but as Matthew was working late and we had some chicken breasts in the freezer we went for it. It went down really well with the boys so i’ll definitely be making this again.

Orange, soy and maple chicken
Serves 2 adults and 2 children

3-4 chicken breasts, chopped into bitesize chunks (depending on appetites involved)
3 tbsp dark soy sauce
2 tbsp maple syrup (or honey)
1 small orange, juice only (you could add some zest too if you wanted it super orangey)
1 pepper, chopped into fine strips
1 carrot, grated
1 handful frozen peas
toasted seeds

1. Place the chopped chicken into a small bowl and then pour over the soy sauce, maple syrup and orange juice stirring to thoroughly combine. Cover with cling and then chill until needed.

2. Heat a frying pan and then tip the chicken and marinade into the pan and allow to cook over a medium heat until the chicken has cooked through and the sauce has reduced a little.

3. Tip in the vegetables and stir fry for a few minutes.

4. Serve with noodles or rice and a scattering of toasted seeds.


And as it got a unanimous thumbs up from the boys I’m entering this into Ren’s Family Friendly Friday’s for April in the hope that it’ll give some fellow parents some meal inspiration.

Filed Under: 1 Featured Recipes, Meat, Quick Tagged With: chicken recipes, maple syrup, orange juice, soy sauce, stir fry

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Comments

  1. Fishfingers for tea says

    April 23, 2012 at 6:45 pm

    This sounds delicious! I’m afraid the only rice I use is lazy rice, it’s just so incredibly easy.

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      April 24, 2012 at 6:34 pm

      Glad i’m not alone Sian – life’s too short to faff about cooking rice. I always seem to get it wrong when i cook it from scratch!

      Reply
  2. ritacooksitalian says

    April 24, 2012 at 9:25 am

    I like stir- fries, I use plenty of honey/maple and soy sauce but I have not tried adding orange juice, yet. Unfortunately, my little boys do not like mixing and matching veg, rice and meat so this dish will only be for my husband and me (good!)

    Reply
  3. Katie Bryson says

    April 24, 2012 at 6:36 pm

    The orange juice gives it a real zing and sweetness and a bit of extra sauce. Will try it with lime juice next time with some lemongrass and coriander for a more Thai flavour.

    Reply
  4. Danielle Vedmore says

    May 30, 2012 at 7:20 pm

    Ooooh looks yummy. Will give it a try! Mmmmmmmm xoxo

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      May 31, 2012 at 7:30 am

      hope you love it!

      Reply
  5. Helen Bell says

    November 19, 2012 at 7:21 pm

    I have just made this and it’s so quick and easy yet delicious. This is the second receipe I have made from feeding boys ( the first being salmon in honey which was divine). I will definitely be making this again.

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      November 20, 2012 at 10:52 pm

      So pleased the recipe worked out so well Helen 🙂

      Reply

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