Honey Sesame Chicken (Panda Express Healthy Copycat)

Ingredients

• Avocado oil

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Red bell pepper

  raw

  1 medium or 119g

• Chicken breast

  raw, skinless

  1 ½ lb or 680g

• Snow peas

  raw

  1 cup, chopped or 98g

• Honey

  ⅓ cup or 113g

• Soy sauce

  regular sodium, shoyu

  ⅓ cup or 85g

• Sesame seeds

  whole, dried

  1 tbsp or 9g

Directions

1. In a large nonstick skillet, heat the cooking oil over medium heat.
2. Add the bell pepper and chicken strips and stir. Cover the skillet and cook the chicken with the pepper for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Remove the lid and stir in the snap peas, honey, soy sauce or tamari, and siracha. Stir and let the dish cook uncovered for another 8-10 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce has started to thicken.
4. Serve hot, with seeds sprinkled on top.
5. Recipe by: Carrie Forrest, MPH in Nutrition (source: https://www.cleaneatingkitchen.com/honey-sesame-chicken-panda-express/)