Chinese Peanut Chicken

Ingredients

• 2 cups roasted peanuts (if peanuts are not roasted, see * below.)
• 5 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 1/2 inches gingerroot, minced
• 3 scallions, chopped
• 4-5 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, cubed
• 3/4 cup soybean paste, sweetened (found in Asian markets)
• 1/3 cup sugar

Directions

1. 1

   Fry garlic and ginger on medium-high heat until beginning to brown. Add green onion and let fry for half a minute.

2. 2

   Add chicken cubes and turn up the heat to high, stir-frying until opaque.

3. 3

   Turn heat back down to medium. Toss in peanuts and soybean paste, stirring to coat.

4. 4

   Sprinkle sugar over the mixture and stir for a minute or two longer.

5. 5

   Serve with rice.

6. 6

   *If your peanuts are not roasted, put them in an oven preheated at 350 for 15-20 minutes. Stir once before done. Take them out before completely roasted because they continue to cook once out of the oven.