Skinny Orange Chicken

If you are anything like our house, we love chinese food. There is nothing like a night at home with a little delivery of sweet and spicy orange chicken. Being gluten free and trying to eat clean makes this nearly impossible. I stumbled on this recipe on my blogging adventurers and decided to try it. It only takes about 25 minutes so it's a great week night option! 

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into bite size pieces

1 tablespoon coconut oil

1/4 cup GF chicken stock

3 tablespoons honey

2 cloves of minced garlic

1 orange, juice and zest of

3 tablespoons GF soy sauce

2 teaspoons siracha sauce

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

1 pinch red chili flakes

1 teaspoon sesame seeds

1 head of broccoli or one fresh bag

1 cup of cooked rice 

Brown chicken over medium high heat in coconut oil for 8-10 minutes until cooked thoroughly. Remove from pan and set aside. 

While chicken is cooking, mix together all remaining ingredients excepts, sesame seeds, broccoli and rice. Once chicken is done cooking, add mixture to the same pan that the chicken was cooked in. Reduce heat to low and reduce sauce until it coats the back of the spoon. Pour over chicken and garnish with sesame seeds. 

Serve over rice and broccoli. 

This was easy, fast and delicious! You can adjust salt and heat to your liking but we loved it as is! 

Stuffed Peppers

I've noticed while it starts to cool down in the evenings, I start cooking in my oven. Again from my artisinal gluten free cooking book I adjusted this recipe a bit to our liking. We decided to cut it up after served to make it easier to eat, but whatever way you want to eat it, it's delicious! 

Preheat your oven to 350.

Cut the top off 4 bell peppers and remove seeds. Dice up the tops without the stem and set aside for the filling. Rub your peppers with olive oil on a baking pan and bake for 25 minutes. 

While your pepper are baking I sautéed half of an onion, 1 minced clove of garlic and the reserved peppers with olive oil until onions are translucent.  Add 1 pound of ground turkey and cook until browned. Stir in a can of diced tomatoes with the juice, 1 cup of cooked jasmine rice (uncle bens has an already cooked bag that you can microwave if your in a time crunch) GF Worcestershire sauce to liking (I used 2 TBS), 1 tsp dried oregano and basil and salt and pepper to liking. Add a quarter cup of shredded cheddar to the mixture. Set aside.

Remove peppers from the oven and fill with filling. Top each pepper with more shredded cheese and chopped fresh basil. Bake for an additional 20 minutes and serve hot. 

This is filling but doesn't feel heavy. Plus my house smells so good! Enjoy!