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Soy Ginger Chicken With Winter Greens

These spring-like days make me want my garden to hurry up and get going. I can hardly wait for those first peas, lettuce and carrots to arrive!  In the mean time though I can buy a few fresh veggies and make make this delicious Soy Chicken with Winter Greens. It is a great combination of chicken and fresh spring and winter veggies.  The ginger and soy are made into a sauce for marinating and for drizzling over the finished dish.

Soy Ginger Chicken with Winter Greens

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Soy Ginger Sauce – Recipe Follows
  • 2 large boneless chicken breasts, cut into thin strips
  • 6–8 cups assorted fresh winter greens (kale, collard, mustard, chard..whatever you have)
  • 2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 6 cups julienned Carrots
  • 1/2 cup chopped scallions

Directions

  1. In a small bowl, combine sauce and chicken. Let marinate at least 30 minutes, the longer you allow it to marinate, the better it is!
  2. Wash the greens thoroughly, trim off hard stems and chop roughly.
  3. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to boil. Place greens in boiling water and blanch 3–4 minutes.
  4. Drain and immediately transfer to ice water to stop cooking and retain that beautiful dark green color.
  5. When the greens are cool, drain and set aside.
  6. In a large sauté pan or wok, heat olive oil over medium high heat and sauté chicken about 5 minutes until well browned. Add carrots, scallions and cooked greens. Sauté another 3–5 minutes.
  7. Toss and stir gently to mix the ingredients. Serve with additional soy ginger sauce to drizzle over, and serve with a side of brown rice.  Serves 4

Soy Ginger Sauce

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup tamari
  • about a 2 inch piece of ginger root, peeled and minced or julienned
  • 1/4 tsp white pepper
  • sesame oil to taste

Directions

Mix well. Store in the frig for about 3 days. If you leave out the ginger root until you are ready to use it, it will store about a week in the frig.

Sylvia Britton
Sylvia Brittonhttp://www.christianhomekeeper.org
Sylvia Britton is a Clarksville native and owner of the Christian HomeKeeper™ Network website and ministry. She and her husband Mark are the parents of 5 children and grandparents to two little girls.  She enjoys reading, mentoring women, writing articles for several magazines, gardening and Tennessee history.
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