Orange Chicken and Fried Brown Rice

One of my wife's biggest complaints since going primal is that she misses her orange chicken that we used to get from take out or the trader joes bagged one (lets face it, its freaking delicious)

I have seen some paleo recipes floating around but was going to just wing it. Thanks to a FB friend for pointing me towards a relatively simple recipe. I did make a few tweaks for my own personal taste. The original recipe can be found here http://www.health-bent.com/proteins/paleo-orange-chicken 

We had one head of Cauliflower laying around, and I could of used it to make paleo friendly fried rice, but I opted to save it for mashed cauliflower instead. This is the first official "cheatish" meal I have had since going primal, so i do not feel that guilty. Feel free to sub the fried rice recipe for a Cauliflower one. 

Rice Ingredients

• T olive oil
• 2T Tamari
• 1.5 cups organic brown rice
• 3 eggs lightly beaten
• 3 cups water
• 3 T Ghee (or coconut oil)

• 1 cup peas
• 1/2 cup mushrooms diced
• 1/2 shallot diced

Chicken Ingredients

• 3 boneless, skinless Chicken breast chopped into 1" cubes(I prefer breast over dark meat)
• 2 T Ghee (or coconut oil)
• Juice of 3 oranges
• 2 T orange zest
• 1 t fresh grated ginger
• 1/4 c Tamari (or coconut amino's) 
• 1 t chili garlic sauce
• 3 green onions, chopped
• 2 heads of broccoli (optional if you want steamed broccoli with it)

First step is to Cook the rice.

Bring 3 cups of water to a boil in Med size pot. Once boiling add brown rice and return to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 50 min or until water is absorbed. Stir with fork every once in a while.

Once rice is done, remove from pan and spread on greased cookie sheet cool to room temperature. If you are lazy and impatient like me you can pop it in the freezer for a quick cool down for a few mins.

In a small size sauce pot, add the orange juice, zest, ginger, 1/4 cup Tamari and chili garlic sauce. Set over medium heat and let simmer to reduce and thicken while the chicken and rice cooks.

Rice

Heat a wok over Med heat until hot, add 1T Ghee and heat for another 15-30 seconds until melted.

add eggs and cook for about a minute or until just set on the bottom. Turn eggs over and stir to crumble until cooked but not dry. Remove from wok and set aside.

Chicken

In a separate saute pan heat 2 T Ghee over med high heat. Add the Chopped chicken breast and cook until a nice brown crust develops (approx 6 min) Remove from pan, drain grease and return meat to pan. 

Add sauce to pan stir until well coated.

Rice

while chicken is cooking add remaining Ghee to your Wok and heat until melted. Add peas, shallots and mushrooms saute for 5 min stirring frequently. Feel free to add cooked and chopped bacon if you have any in the fridge ( I really wanted some but didn't have any left as usual)

Add cooked rice, 2T tamari and 1T olive oil. Cook 5 min stirring frequently add cooked eggs cook until heated through. Remove from wok and place in a serving dish

Serve your chicken with Fried rice and steamed broccoli if you made any. Enjoy!

Side note, OMG WAS THIS FREAKING GOOD! 

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