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Here, a speedy stir-fry condiment – nary Asian ingredients required -- brings leftover nutrient and/or vegetables unneurotic successful an astir elegant way. When she doesn’t person homemade broth connected hand, Silver Spring caterer Anna Saint John likes to usage the No Chicken Base (vegetarian) made by Better Than Bouillon.

No leftovers to commencement with? The meats and vegetables are each disposable connected astir supermarket crockery bars.

Serve connected its own, oregon implicit rice, noodles oregon cooked quinoa.

From Washington country caterer Anna Saint John.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups rootlike broth (may substitute chickenhearted broth; spot headnote)
Finely grated zest and foodstuff of 1 lemon
Leaves from 6 stems caller tarragon, chopped, oregon much arsenic needed
1 caller bay leaf
1 spoon honey, oregon much arsenic needed
1 generous spoon Dijon-style mustard, oregon much arsenic needed
Kosher salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
1/4 cupful diced bulb (optional)
1/4 cupful diced celery (optional)
Meat from 2 cooked boneless, skinless chickenhearted breasts, chopped (may substitute cooked turkey bosom oregon cooked, boneless pork tenderloin; astir 3 1/2 cups total)
2 roasted reddish peppers, chopped
1 1/2 cups to 2 cups cooked greenish beans, chopped into 2-inch lengths (may substitute frozen peas oregon cooked broccoli florets)
1 tablespoonful cornstarch
2 tablespoons water

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (using chicken)

Calories
250
Fat
5 g
Saturated Fat
2 g
Carbohydrates
13 g
Sodium
510 mg
Cholesterol
105 mg
Protein
39 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
4 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Washington country caterer Anna Saint John.

Tested by Anna Saint John and Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published November 2, 2015

Updated March 15, 2026