Meet my Best Friend: Sun Bird (tm) Honey Sesame Chicken.
It's very easy, takes less than 30 minutes, it's cheap, and EVERYONE loves it! My two-year-old asks for THIRDS! Not kidding...Thirds!! You can't go wrong!
Most grocery stores carry Sun Bird packets in their Asian section. I happened upon this particular packet shortly after Kellen and I got married...and we love it! I always have all the ingredients on hand (I keep packets on hand too). When we moved to Iowa, I couldn't find it anywhere! All of our local grocery stores had multiple Sun Bird products...except this one! I asked the grocery manager of our local Hy-Vee (On Jordan Creek Parkway and University for those of you in Iowa) if they could get it in...and they did! The Elders in our ward ask me to make it for them when they come to eat at our house :)
If you are not lucky enough to be able to find it in the store, or if your store cannot stock it for you, you can also find it online. Click Here
I serve it with white or brown rice, or ham fried rice (if I have the time). The packet also instructs to add crushed pineapple and Cashews...I don't add those, we like it better without them. I like to serve fresh pineapple as a side-dish (if it's on sale ;))
Ham Fried Rice
(These are all approximations, just take your best guess)
2 cups cooked rice (white or brown, minute or regular...it really doesn't matter)
3/4 cup shredded or diced carrots
1/4 cup frozen peas
1/2 cup cubed ham (If you have left-over Ham from a Sunday dinner, dice/cube it and put it in your freezer. It's great for scrambled eggs, ham fried rice, etc!)
1 bunch green onions, sliced
Soy Sauce (to taste)
Garlic Powder (to taste)
Place green onions with a little bit of oil (peanut, sesame, vegetable, or canola works best) in your WOK or frying pan. Cook until soft. Add rice, peas, carrots, and ham. Stir together. Sprinkle with soy sauce and garlic powder (add soy sauce a little at a time, because once you have too much, there's no going back...less is best!). Mix all together and let cook, stirring every-so-often (you just don't want it to get burned). Add a little more soy sauce and/or garlic powder as you want!
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