Orange chicken & Szechuan green beans

We would all loooove to have a complex, 5 star, restaurant dish every night of the week, BUT we are only human. And as my mom’s favorite song, when I was little goes: “ IM NOT YOUR SUPER WOMANNNNN”. So this is the PERFECT recipe for weeknights after a long day of work or school or running around. This is very much takeout but BETTER!

INGREDIENTS

(Ingredients listed below are for a single serving)

• 1/2 bag of Trader Joe’s Mandarin Orange chicken

• 1 handful of green beans

• 1 tablespoon of neutral oil (for green beans)

• 1/2 cup of neutral oil (to shallow fry the chicken. Depending on the size of your pan; the oil should not fully cover chicken i.e. deep fry.)

• 2 tablespoons of garlic

• 1/4 cup of soy sauce

• 1 teaspoon of chili crisp (Like the ‘Fly by Jing’ brand)

• 1/3 cup of slice scallions for garnish

• 1/2 teaspoon of sesame seed

• 1 cup of your rice of choice (fried rice, jasmine rice etc)

DIRECTIONS

GREEN BEANS:

1. Wash and pat dry green beans.

2. Cut the ends off both side of the bean.

3. Add oil and than green beans to a medium-high heated skillet. Cook the beans until you see a char and blistering on the the beans.

4. Turn off the heat and add soy sauce, garlic and chili crisp (to your personal taste and heat tolerance b/c this stuff can get spicy).

ORANGE CHICKEN

1. Take the bag of Trader’s Joes chicken out the freeze (or at least the portion you will be cooking) 15-20 mins ahead of time.

2. Add the chicken to the heated oil and cook each side for 2-4 mins or until browned and crunchy.

3. Remove chicken from the heat and packed sauce to chicken.

Garnish with sesame seeds and sliced scallions

Serve!