Ginger Chicken with Shiitakes and Green Beans

 I know everyone is jumping on the Easter wagon right now filing your newsfeeds and inboxes with sweet treats and great dishes to take to your Easter feast, but sometimes you just need Chinese food!

I mean, how much ham can one person eat?

Now a chicken stir fry? Heck yeah! Add some garlic, shiitakes, and green beans and life is pretty close to perfect.

In all honesty we just don't do much for Easter anymore. This is the first year one of the kids will be home. The last two years we kept it simple and stayed home and dined on whatever struck our fancy.

No dying eggs, no hiding said eggs, no Easter baskets overflowing with chocolate and jelly beans. 

No, just me and Chip sleeping in, taking a hike, enjoying some wine and probably grilling.

So different from the days of hiding hundreds of eggs, a feast beyond your wildest dreams and some pretty exhausted hosts!

Do you find holidays lower key now that your kids are out of the house?

What do you do???

Ginger Chicken with Shiitakes and Green Beans

(from Cooking Light)

2 Tbsp canola oil, divided

1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into 1/2 inch pieces

1 1/2 Tbsp minced peeled ginger

3 garlic cloves, minced

1/4 tsp salt

9 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and caps thinly sliced

1/4 cup dry sherry

1 pkg frozen green beans

1/2 cup unsalted chicken stock

1 1/2 Tbsp low sodium soy sauce

1 1/2 Tbsp oyster sauce

2 2/3 cups cooked soba (about 4 1/4 ounces uncooked buckwheat noodles)

1. Heat a large skillet or wok over high heat. Add 1 Tbsp canola oil; swirl to coat. Add chicken in a single layer; cook 4 minutes or until browned, stirring after 2 minutes. Add ginger, garlic and salt; stir fry 30 seconds. remove chicken mixture to a plate.

2. Add remaining 1 Tbsp canola oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add mushrooms; stir fry 2 minutes. Add sherry; cook 1 minute. Add green beans, chicken stock, soy sauce, and oyster sauce; cook 3 minutes or until beans are thoroughly heated. Add noodles and chicken to pan; cook 1 minute or until noodles are heated and chicken is done, tossing to coat with sauce. 

taken by http://ferriswheeloffood.blogspot.com/2015/03/ginger-chicken-with-shiitakes-and-green.html