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Since people over on Grace's thread were interested in this recipe, here it is:

Marinade:

• 2 teaspoons cornstarch


• 1 teaspoon soy sauce

Sauce

• 1/3 cup chicken broth


• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice


• 2 teaspoons fish sauce


• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar


• 2 teaspoons veggie oil


• 2 cloves of garlic, minced


• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes

(set aside) 1 teaspoon cornstarch dissolved in 1 tablespoon water

Main dish

• 3/4 boneless skinless chicken breast cut into smallish cubes (the book said 1/2 inch, but I eyeballed it)


• 1 small mango, peeled and cut into cubes


• 1/3 cup chopped macadamia nuts (I thought this was too much and used about half that)

Combine the 2 marinade ingredients in a bowl.  Put the chicken in the bowl and stir until the chicken is coated. Let sit about 10 mins.

Combine all the sauce ingredients in a bowl except for the cornstarch-water mixture.  Stir sauce until sugar dissolves and set aside. 

Heat your wok or stir fry pan over high heat with some oil.  When oil is hot, add the garlic and pepper flakes and stir fry about 15 seconds.  Then toss in the chicken and stir fry until it's done, about 4 mins.  Add the sauce and bring it to a boil.  Then add the cornstarch-water mixture and stir until the sauce boils again and thickens.  Then add the mango and stir until it's covered with sauce.  Serve on plates and top w/ chopped macadamia. 

If you try it, I hope you like it as much as I do!