I always have very lofty goals for dinner, but when it comes down to it, dinner happens during sporting events and I’d rather watch those. This stir fry takes under 30 minutes, if even that, and requires one pan. This means you can get back to your sporting event as soon as possible. Another idea is to put a TV in your kitchen.
Chicken and Green Bean Stir Fry
3-4 tablespoons sesame oil
3-5 tablespoons soy sauce
An inch or so of fresh ginger
1-2 cloves of garlic
2 large fistfuls of fresh green beans
1 small package chicken cut for stir fry
Sesame seeds
1 bag Uncle Ben’s 90 second rice
1. Fill a giant pan with water, a sprinkling of salt, and set it to boil. This is out of sheer laziness, so if you want to use a pot go for it. I like to minimize how many dishes need washing. While you’re waiting for the water to boil, thinly slice your garlic and mince your ginger. It should net out to about a large tablespoon of each item, but if you love either ingredient, feel free to add more.
2. When the water starts to boil, toss in your green beans. Don’t forget to cut the ends off. When those are done (just a few minutes, spoon one out and take a bite to make sure it’s cooked, but still crisp) drain them and leave them in the sink for a minute to cool. When they’re cool, chop them into thirds.
3. Once your pan is free (post draining the green beans) pour in 3-4 tablespoons of sesame oil. The pan should be warm already so the oil will only take a minute to heat up. Then toss in your ginger and garlic. Let that cook a little.
4. Put your chicken in the pan and sprinkle the soy sauce over it. The amount of soy sauce to use is kind of subjective to how salty you like your food. Start with a little, add more as needed. Once your chicken is cooked on one side, toss it over to cook on the other and add your green beans back in. At this point you can pop your rice in the microwave.
5. Put half the bag of rice on one plate, half on the other, and split up your chicken and green beans. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top if you want to be fancy and happen to have them in the cabinet (which I did, or they wouldn’t appear in this recipe).
6. Go back to the TV with your dinner and catch the rest of the game.
