Fiery chicken and mushroom stirfry

On Sunday evening, with Monday looming, I wanted to sort out dinner quickly to allow myself time to mentally prepare for the next week. So we decided to make a quick stir-fry - one of our favourite quick fix options. 

This steaming hot (hence the slightly blurry photo) and fiery chicken stir-fry really brightened up my mood :) 

 Ingredients

400 grams chicken breast fillets, diced or cut into strips

100 grams mushrooms

1 yellow pepper cut into strips

3 spring onions, chopped

1 inch piece of ginger, cut into strips

1 tsp garlic paste

1/2 tsp chilli powder

1 tsp dried chilli flakes

1 tsp sesame oil

1 tbsp coconut oil

Parsley to garnish (optional)

Salt

Method

Marinate the chicken with the garlic paste, sesame oil, salt and chilli powder and leave aside for 30 minutes.

Before you get cooking, make sure you have all your vegetables chopped and at hand. 

Heat the oil in a wok. Add the ginger and fry for 30 seconds. Add the white part of the spring onions and fry for a further 30 seconds. Add the chicken and fry for 4-5 minutes. Add the mushrooms and half of the chilli flakes, salt and cook for 3-4 minutes, tossing occasionally. 

Add the yellow peppers and fry for another 2 minutes or until the chicken is cooked. Add the green part of the spring onions and the remaining chilli flakes and toss together.  

Garnish with parsley and serve with noodles or rice.