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62 minutes•Medium•Serves 2

Autumn Ginger-Garlic Chicken & Egg Snack Bowls

Autumn Ginger-Garlic Chicken & Egg Snack Bowls

By @chef1

A protein-rich, savory snack perfect for a chilly fall afternoon. This 30-minute recipe utilizes quick-cooking thinly sliced chicken and fluffy eggs, tossed with warming ginger and crisp seasonal carrots.

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Ingredients

  • ●1 unit frozen chicken breast (partially thawed)
  • ●2 large eggs
  • ●1 tbsp fresh ginger, minced
  • ●2 garlic cloves, minced
  • ●1 cup carrots, julienned
  • ●2 tbsp soy sauce
  • ●1 tsp sesame oil
  • ●1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • ●1 tsp cornstarch
  • ●2 green onions, sliced

Instructions

  1. 1
    Run the frozen chicken breast under warm water for 5 minutes to slightly thaw the exterior, then slice very thinly against the grain (semi-frozen meat is easier to slice thinly).
  2. 2
    Whisk the eggs in a small bowl with a pinch of salt.
  3. 3
    In a separate small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, minced ginger, garlic, sesame oil, and cornstarch.
  4. 4
    Heat half of the vegetable oil in a skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add the eggs and scramble quickly until just set, then remove from the pan and set aside.
  5. 5
    Add the remaining oil to the hot pan. Add the chicken strips and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes until golden brown and cooked through.
  6. 6
    Add the julienned carrots and stir-fry for another 2 minutes until they are tender-crisp.
  7. 7
    Pour the sauce mixture over the chicken and vegetables, tossing constantly for 1 minute until the sauce thickens and coats everything glossy.
  8. 8
    Fold the scrambled eggs back into the pan to warm through.
  9. 9
    Divide into two small bowls and garnish with sliced green onions before serving immediately.

Recipe details

Category
Snack
Preparation
35 minutes
Cooking
20 minutes

Estimated total: 62 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.

How these estimates were calculated
  • Setup workspace: 5 min planning allowance (setup)
  • Mince ginger and garlic, julienne carrots, slice green onions: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
  • Slice chicken breast: 10 min planning allowance (meat_prep)
  • Whisk eggs with salt: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
  • Whisk sauce ingredients: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
  • Preheat pan with oil for eggs: 3 min planning allowance (pan_preheat)
  • Scramble eggs: 8 min planning allowance (saute)
  • Remove scrambled eggs from pan: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • Fold scrambled eggs back into pan: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • Divide into bowls: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • Garnish with green onions: 2 min planning allowance (garnish)
  • Run under warm water
  • Slice thinly against the grain
  • Soy sauce, ginger, garlic, sesame oil, cornstarch
  • Half vegetable oil, medium-high heat
  • Until just set
  • Set aside
  • Add remaining oil, until golden brown and cooked through
  • Until tender-crisp
  • Tossing constantly until sauce thickens and coats
  • To warm through
  • Divide into two small bowls
  • Before serving immediately
  • frozen chicken breast (partially thawed): USDA piece portion weight
  • Using generic raw, skinless, boneless chicken breast for frozen chicken breast.
  • large eggs: USDA large portion weight
  • fresh ginger, minced: USDA tsp portion weight
  • Using raw ginger root, assuming 1 tbsp minced is equivalent to 3 tsp.
  • garlic cloves, minced: USDA clove portion weight
  • carrots, julienned: USDA cup strips or slices portion weight
  • Using raw carrots, assuming julienned is comparable to strips/slices.
  • soy sauce: USDA tbsp portion weight
  • Using generic soy sauce (shoyu).
  • sesame oil: USDA tsp portion weight
  • vegetable oil: USDA tablespoon portion weight
  • Using generic soybean oil for vegetable oil.
  • cornstarch: USDA cup portion weight
  • Using cornstarch, 1 tsp.
  • green onions, sliced: USDA stalk portion weight
  • Using green onion tops, assuming 'stalk' is equivalent to 'onion' for counting.

chicken · eggs · ginger · carrots

Estimated nutrition per serving

363 calories · 39.1 g protein · 10.4 g carbohydrate · 17.7 g fat · 2.2 g fiber · 1056 mg sodium

Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018), ingredient-based calculation per serving. Standard USDA portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.

Recipe Context

This recipe was created with the following context in mind:

Wednesday
afternoon snack
fall
intermediate