Chicken Stir Fry with Peppers and Peanuts

The original recipe that I got this dish from used essentially all the same ingredients but was rather complicated and time consuming in the actual cooking. And after a long day and a good workout, I wasn't feeling like doing anything complicated or time consuming. So, I took it and made it a very simple to make stir fry (albeit one that involves a lot of chopping, but that's easy). I also kind of took a short cut on the marinading. I probably should have let it marinade for 2+ hours but I didn't and it still turned out good so I'm not even sorry about it. :P

What I did with the marinading is cut up the chicken and then put it in the marinade for about 30 minutes (in the fridge) while I relaxed and then when it came time to chop up the peppers and crush the peanuts, I let it sit on the counter at room temp to continue marinading. Another thing I figured out is that you don't have to chop up the peanuts (how the heck would you do that with a knife anyway???), you can just put them in a plastic bag and smash them with a meat mallet. It's effective.

Anyways here's the recipe. Enjoy.

Chicken Stir Fry with Peppers and Peanuts

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 - 2 lbs chicken breasts, cut into decent sized pieces
• 1 red bell pepper, 1 yellow bell pepper, and 1 orange or green bell pepper
• 2 Tbsp olive oil for frying
• 1/3 cup dry roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped (or smashed with mallet)
• 1/3 cup soy sauce
• 2 Tbsp olive oil for marinade
• 1/4 cup sherry
• 2 Tbsp brown sugar Splenda
• 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients from soy sauce to ginger in a dish, add cut-up chicken pieces and let marinade for about 30 minutes
2. Slice the 3 peppers and place in a bowl 
3. Heat olive oil in a skillet or wok over medium high heat
4. Add peppers and stir fry for about 4-5 minutes
5. Push peppers to the side and add chicken
6. Stir fry over medium high heat for about 3 minutes, then turn the heat up a little more and stir fry for another couple minutes until chicken is cooked through
7. Remove from heat and add peanuts, mix to combine
8. Let sit for a few minutes and serve, topping with any residual marinade