If you’ve spent any time online you must have seen a video from Tasty. These simple and delicious recipes are all over the web, and even though that’s a great resource to have, there is now a book! We decided to recreate a sweet potato chicken stir fry recipe from My Tasty Cookbook. The book features many recipes that you can mix and match for delicious flavourful recipes made at home.
This cookbook was designed with the Tasty fan in mind and features 22 chapters of mix and match recipe ideas that your whole family will enjoy. My Tasty Cookbooks is also a nice gift idea for the seasoned cook, or even new chef in your family!
Today we are featuring a delicious sweet potato recipe from the book that your whole family will enjoy.
Sweet Potato Chicken Stir Fry
This sweet potato chicken stir fry is a quick meal idea for those busy work nights. Perfect for kids and adults to enjoy.
Ingredients
- 2tablespoons lime juice
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- Salt, to taste
- Pepper, to taste
- 1lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- (455g) cut into 1-inch (2 1/2 cm) cubes
Peanut Sauce
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter (60g)
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon ginger, grated
- ½ teaspoon chili flakes
- ¼ cup water (60mL)
- 1 small yellow pepper
- 1 small red pepper
- 1 small green pepper
- 1 medium sweet potato
- 2 cups broccoli floret (300g)
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 1 spring onion, chopped, to serve
- Handful of chopped peanuts, to serve
Instructions
- Get a small bowl and mix together the peanut butter, lime juice, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, garlic, chilli flakes, and water until smooth.
- Set aside
- Get a large bowl and mix together the lime juice, sesame oil, salt, and pepper.
- Add your cubed chicken to the large bowl mixture and stir until completely covered.
- Cover with cling wrap and marinate in your refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Heat a large frying pan or saucepan over medium-high heat and add chicken.
- Cook for 4-6 minutes until your chicken is no longer pink.
- Remove the fully cooked chicken and transfer to a bowl.
- Spiral your peppers and sweet potato into a large bowl.
- Add sesame oil to your frying pan.
- Once the oil is hot, add in the broccoli and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add your spiral vegetables and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
- Add your fully cooked chicken cubs and peanut sauce.
- Stir to coat.
- Add additional water if the sauce is too thick to coat.
- Reduce y our heat to medium-low and cook for 3-4 minutes.
- You'll cook until the sweet potato noodles are al dente.
- top with spring onions and chopped peanuts.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 578Total Fat: 33gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 24gCholesterol: 96mgSodium: 629mgCarbohydrates: 28gFiber: 7gSugar: 7gProtein: 46g
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Helen
Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, and website editor; and this site is (we think) the only Social Enterprise parenting magazine! Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, and use those grey cells at the same time. KiddyCharts has reach of over 1.1million across social and the site. The blog works with big family brands (including travel) to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. It gives 51%+ profits to Reverence for Life, who fund a number of important initiatives in Africa, including bringing running water and basic equipment to a school in Tanzania. Helen has worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on. Get in touch TODAY!