Sweet Chili Sauce Stir Fry

This is probably more of a product review than recipe.  Come to think of it, not sure why I don't post stirfry recipes all that often except that I don't think of them as recipes.  In this asian girl's house, stirfry for dinner is about as common as cereal for breakfast.  You may actually get bored at the sheer volume of stirfry photos I could post.

I saw a friend post on facebook that she was making a "cleaning the fridge out casserole."  Another mentioned she made soup with leftovers.  Genius.  I just never think of it.  Usually the items on the verge of mush in my fridge are veggies...and there is no easier way to cook those up than in a stir fry.  Sometimes the sauce is as "complicated" as mixing whatever ingredients I can find.  Other time's it's as simple as grabbing a bottle like Sweet Chili Sauce.

Technically, it's Sweet Chili Sauce for Chicken. Not sure why, but I've never seen a bottle that didn't include "for chicken" on it.  The sauce itself is indeed sweet, a little tangy and with a tiny kick of heat.  I like my food a fiery so this may have more than a tiny kick to some.

I use a 14 inch stainless wok and have to admit that for awhile, the concept of a stainless steel wok frightened me.  I envisioned having to use a lot of oil or having chicken sticking all over the place.  Then my dear friend Bobby Flay revealed that protein will stick until it's ready not to and that many of the sticky messes we have are due to wanting to flip and turn the meat too soon.  He was referring to the grill, but it works the same in the wok.  Try and flip that chicken too soon and it's stuck to that pan like it's bonded on.  Let it cook through a bit and it flips all easy peasy....

The beauty of stir fry is that it truly is just about any veggie you want to grab.  Once the meat is cooked through, you can pull it out and set aside while you cook the veggies.  I like my veggies pretty crisp and since that doesn't take all too long to cook, I rarely take the chicken out.  Just toss in the veggies of choice..

Once veggies are ready, toss in sweet chili sauce, soy sauce and fish sauce (optional) to tast.  It's really a personal preference, but I used about 1/3 cup sweet chilie sauce, a couple of whacks of soy sauce and another couple of whacks of fish sauce.  It's really that easy...love it.