Chicken Stir Fry

I was in the mood for stir fry tonight and whipped this up. Stir fry is a quick simple way to get healthy portions of veggies and protein. 

Ingredients: 

• 2 large chicken breasts 
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 red pepper 
• 1 green pepper 
• 3 scallions 
• 1 carrot sliced 
• 1 head of broccoli 
• 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger (can use 1/2 tsp ground ginger) 
• 1/2 cup of kale
• 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
• 1 tablespoon chili garlic sauce (add more or less according to your taste) 
• 1 tablespoon orange juice 
• 1/2 cup of sugar (if you do not like a sweet sauce, use 1/4 cup or less) 
• 1/4 cup soy sauce 
• 1/2 cup of water 
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 4 tsp sesame oil
• 1/4 cup of water and 2 tsp cornstarch mixed 

Cut chicken breasts into thin strips. Heat oil in pan on medium heat.  Once oil is hot place chicken chicken in the pan. Do not overcrowd the pan, cook in batches if necessary.  Cook chicken for two minutes on each side. While the chicken is cooking, make the sauce. in a bowl, mix soy sauce, 1/2 cup of water, sugar, rice vinegar, orange juice, sesame oil, chili garlic sauce). Once all chicken has browned, remove from the pan and set aside. Place peppers, carrots and scallions in the pan. Cook until they have softened.  Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the sauce to the pan.  Cook for three minutes.  Add the cornstarch mixture and cook for 1 minute. Add broccoli and kale. Return chicken to the pan to finish cooking (about 2 minutes).  Serve over rice.