Meal Idea: Chicken Stir Fry

So what's the different between a recipe and a meal idea? It's rather arbitrary but in my opinion a recipe is something you cook and prepare with lots of ingredients that you wouldn't eat alone as a meal but when combined create a dish.  A meal idea is things that are put together a complete meal but the components could be eaten independently. 

So this healthy meal idea is really simple and easy.  Plus it's easy to keep all these ingredients on hand for a last minute meal that doesn't require running to the grocery store.  All this meal requires is stir fry veggies, chicken, stir fry sauce, and optionally brown rice.

My stir fry dinner last night

Start by preparing the brown rice.  1 cup of rice to two cups of water and be sure to fluff the rice after it's finished cooking. 

Take a chicken breast and cut into cubes then season with black pepper.  Spray a pan with PAM.  I like the olive oil variety.  Cook the chicken over medium heat until cooked through. 

Then add as many stir fry veggies as you can fit in the pan.  I like Costco's frozen stir fry veggies best.  It has a better variety of vegetables than most stir fry bags and the vegetables always come out a vibrant color.  It's a big bag so it lasts multiple rounds of stir fry.

Once the chicken is cooked through and the veggies are cooked and hot, add the stir fry sauce.  I like the House of Tsang Szechuan Spicy Stir Fry Sauce.  It only has 25 calories per tablespoon.  A tablespoon is generally enough for 1 serving.  Plus it's a bit spicy which I always enjoy in my food.

Stir the veggies and chicken until the sauce is thoroughly spread throughout.  Then serve on top of brown rice for complete meal.

The whole process takes maybe 30 minutes at most and is super healthy.