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bonnie’s mandarin chicken with rice so nice

(2 ratings)
ReikiHealsTheSoul avatar
Recipe by
BonniE !
@ReikiHealsTheSoul
Cottonwood, CA

This is one of my favorite meals. I love the sauce and could eat it with a spoon! It is such a simple dish to prepare, using basic pantry ingredients. The Rice So Nice is delicious and the perfect complement to this dish. Enjoy!

(2 ratings)
yield 2 serving(s)
prep time 5 Min
cook time 35 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For bonnie’s mandarin chicken with rice so nice

  • THE CHICKEN
  • 2 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless, cut into chunks
  • 1/4 cup butter to sauté chicken
  • SAUCE
  • juice from one 11 ounce can mandarin orange slices
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • 1/4 cup apricot preserves
  • 1/4 cup pineapple preserves
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • RICE SO NICE
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cup long grain rice, washed
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup canned mushrooms, sliced, drained
  • 1/2 cup frozen vegetables
  • OTHER
  • reserve orange slices from 11 ounce can
  • reserve 1/4 cup of the sliced oranges

How To Make bonnie’s mandarin chicken with rice so nice

  • 1
    I use the rice cooker to make the rice on the long grain rice setting. My rice cooker has a warming setting which will keep the rice hot while you finish cooking the rest of your meal. Wash the long grain rice thoroughly and add it to the rice cooker with two cups of water, one cup of washed rice and a teaspoon of salt. Add the mushrooms and frozen vegetables, If your mixed vegetables contain green beans, chop them in three pieces.
  • 2
    Melt butter in a nonstick skillet over medium low heat. Cut each chicken breast into 6 chunks and saute in the butter.
  • 3
    Brown the chicken on both sides. About ten minutes.
  • 4
    Meanwhile, drain the oranges into a small bowl and save the juice. Reserve 1/4 of the orange slices and set aside.
  • 5
    While the chicken is browning, whisk the cornstarch into the juice until it is smooth, and then add the rest of the ingredients and whisk to blend. Pour the sauce over the browned chicken in the skillet.
  • 6
    Gently scrape up the bits and pieces in the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon.
  • 7
    Cook the sauce covered over medium low heat for 30 minutes, and stir and turn chicken in the sauce several times.
  • 8
    The sauce should thicken at the end of 30 minutes. Add the reserved orange slices and cook five minutes more and then serve. Here is how it looks.
  • 9
    Serve the Mandarin Chicken over the Rice So Nice... Enjoy!
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