

Recipe #2 that I am trying from the True Food cookbook. I didn’t know that I could make teriyaki sauce out of fruits! Pineapple, apple, ginger, and oranges are the key ingredients in this teriyaki sauce. Surprisingly, the result truly tastes like teriyaki, except it has a much thicker consistency.
I bought brown rice medley from Trader Joes and cooked it per package instructions. I assembled this Teriyaki Chicken meal just browning the chicken over the stove and stir fry. The result indeed feels really wholesome and healthy. I am flipping through the book again looking for the third recipe that can use the leftover Teriyaki sauce. On a mission to try out more healthy recipes …

Ingredients
Teriyaki Sauce
- 3/4 cup chopped fresh pineapples
- 1 honeycrisp apple, cored and cut into wedges
- 1 Tbsp chopped fresh ginger
- 1 scallion cut into one-inch pieces
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/3 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1/3 cup light soy sauce
Wok Aromatics
- 1 lemongrass stalk, sliced thinly, yields about 1/3 cup
- 1/3 cup sliced fresh ginger
- 5-6 scallions, white part only, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 tsp sambal oelek, I use my own sambal chilli recipe
Teriyaki Chicken Rice
- 2 Tbsp canola oil
- 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast, sliced into 1/4″ slices
- 2 Tbsp wok aromatics
- 4 heads baby bok choy, cut in half
- 2 cups brocolli florets
- 4 oz green beans, cut into 1/2″ pieces
- 4 oz snap peas, stemmed and strings removed
- 1 medium onions, sliced thinly
- 1/2 cup Teriyaki Sauce
- 1 avocado, pitted, peeled, and sliced
- 1 Tbsp toasted sesame seeds
- 4 servings of cooked brown rice
Directions
Teriyaki Sauce
- Combine all ingredients in a sauce panand bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes until fruits are soft.
- Let the mixture cool for 20 minutes and use an immersion blender to puree the mixture until smooth. Refrigerate the mixture until ready to use.
Wok Aromatics
- Mince lemongrass, ginger, and scallions in blender.
- Transfer into a container and stir in the sambal olek until combined
- Use immediately and freeze unused portions.
Teriyaki Chicken Rice
- Heat 1 Tbsp canola oil in wok over medium high heat. Brown half of the chicken slices in the wok.
- Add 1 Tbsp Wok Aromatics and stir fry until fragrant.
- Turn up heat. Add 1/2 the vegetables and onions and stir fry until crisp tender and chicken is cooked through. About 7 minutes.
- Add 1/4 cup of the Teriyaki Sauce and stir fry until well combined.
- Divide the chicken and vegetables over two servings of hot brown rice.
- Wipe the wok clean and repeat the above steps with the remaining half of the ingredients.
- Garnish the servings with avocado slices and sesame seeds.
- Enjoy.




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