Thai-inspired chicken

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CHICKEN AND VEGES:

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2 chicken breasts, cut up in chunks

3/4 cup chicken broth/stock

2 tsp bangkok blend or other thai seasoning mix

(available at: http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/p-penzeysbangkok.html)

1/3 cup of diced red onion

1 large garlic clove, minced

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Combine all of the above ingredients into a sauce pan on the stove. Bring to a low simmer, cover and simmer for about 5-10 minutes until chicken is done.

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Dissolve 1 tbsp of cornstarch into 2-3 tbsp of water. Increase heat on stove and add dissolved cornstarch to pan. Immediately stir and then let simmer for about 1-2 minutes, stirring occaissionally.

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Add 3-4 tbsp thai sweet chili sauce to pan and stir.

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1 bag of bird's eye stir fry veges, steamed in microwave...add to pan and stir everything together.

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TOPPING:

1/2 cucumber, peeled and diced

1/2 cup of diced pineapple

handful of cilantro, finely chopped (omit if you don't like cilantro).

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Combine these together and put it on top of rice and/or the chicken/vege mix. We did both :)

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RICE:

Basmati rice. It's the only way to go :) I made enough so we'd each have 1/2 cup.

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NOTE: for the pinapple, I found the coolest product-Chiquita Pineapple Bites. It's pineapple soaked in coconut milk. It tasted yummy. It also saved me the trouble of buying a whole pineapple when I only planned on using a little bit.

http://www.chiquitabrands.com/Products/HealthySnacks.aspx

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RATING: Not bad for a quick throw-together kind of a meal. Plus the whole thing (rice included) was only 450 calories which made us very happy because it was ultra filling!

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