Teri-ouchy

I love coming home from work and throwing something together with the ingredients I have at home.  Well, I had to pick up 2 things (OK 3 things, but the third one was on sale!) at the store, but only paid about $2.50 for the extra ingredients.  I'm definitely making progress cleaning out my freezer, but I still have a package of pork, a pound of ground beef, and a big bag of fish to go through.

So, why the witty title, you ask?  Last night was the first time I used a microplane to zest something.  I'll let the picture do the talking ...

Yeah, it wasn't pretty, nor did it feel good.  But the rest of the preparation went well!

So to get rid of the 1.5 lbs of chicken in my freezer, I thawed it overnight in the fridge and cut up half for use last night and saved the rest for dinner tonight (which I didn't actually eat tonight, but I'll start eating it tomorrow.  I had leftover teri-ouchy for dinner tonight).  I used my wok for only the second time and threw in canola oil, chicken, garlic, an inch of grated ginger, a green and red pepper, half an onion, and the zest (shudder) of one orange.  Oh yeah, and the mushrooms that were on sale.  By the way, mushrooms smell like feet, and don't taste much different.  But for some reason, I like them.  I also cooked a cup of brown rice and served the chicken and peppers over it.  Right before the chicken mixture was done cooking, I added probably 1/4 cup teriyaki  sauce.  I put soy sauce on it when I plated it.

   

I'm not 100% sold on the orange zest.  It almost adds a dessert quality to the dish.  But it was still yummy!