Chicken and Papaya Stir-Fry

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Ingredients

  • 4 teaspoons soy sauce
  • 6 teaspoons dry white wine
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 cold rotisserie chicken, carved and cut into 1- to 1½-inch pieces
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 small yellow onion, thinly sliced
  • 3 teaspoons fresh ginger, minced
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 poblano pepper, seeded and diced
  • 2 limes, juiced
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 large ripe papaya - peeled, seeded and cut into slices
  • 2 cups baby spinach leaves
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper
  • Thin noodles or rice
  • 2 large scallions, thinly sliced
  • 1 lime, juiced

Directions

  1. In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, white wine and cornstarch. Put the rotisserie chicken pieces in a large bowl. Pour the soy sauce mixture over the rotisserie chicken pieces and coat thoroughly.
  2. Heat the oil in a large skillet (or Wok) over medium-high heat. Add the onion, ginger and garlic and sauté for 3 minutes. Add the poblano pepper and sauté for 1 minute. Add the chicken mixture and sauté for 3 minutes.
  3. Add the lime juice and soy sauce and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
  4. Add the papaya and sauté for 3 minutes
  5. Add the spinach leaves, salt and pepper and cook until the spinach is wilted. Stir to combine all of the ingredients.
  6. Remove from heat. Serve over thin noodles or rice, sprinkling the scallion and additional lime juice over the top of each plate.