Stir Fried Lemon Chicken With Pears and Ginger

365 Ways to Cook Chicken

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2  tablespoons soy sauce
• 1  teaspoon  grated lemon peel
• 2  tablespoons lemon juice
• 2  teaspoons sugar
• 2  teaspoons cornstarch
• 2  garlic cloves, minced
• 2  teaspoons  grated fresh ginger
• 3  tablespoons water
• 2  tablespoons  vegetable oil
• 3⁄4 lb chicken breast, cut in 1 inch cubes
• 1⁄2 lb fresh snow pea
• 3  scallions, cut in 1 inch lengths
• 2  fresh bartlett pears, cored and sliced

Directions

1. To make sauce, combine soy sauce, lemon peel, lemon juice, sugar, cornstarch, garlic, ginger and water.
2. Heat vegetable oil in a large nonstick frying pan. Add chicken and stir fry over high heat for 2 minutes. Remove to platter.
3. Add snow peas to pan and stir fry for 1 minute. Reduce heat to medium. Return chicken to the pan.
4. Add scallions, pears and sauce. Cook, stirring, until sauce boils and thickens, about 3 minutes.