Hit up the Acme yesterday and got some of that super-yummy Amish chicken for super-cheap ($1.59/lb for split breasts!), spent last night cutting them up while watching TV. Got a dozen baggies of chicken for stir-fry sitting in the freezer now.
And I set one aside for dinner today.
Sesame oil (with a little canola to boost smoke point), a serrano chile, sliced ginger and split cloves of garlic, and let that sweat in the bottom of the wok to season the oil.
Then with the heat on high, in goes the chicken. Then let the heat built, and a handful of raw unsalted whole almonds, and a can of sliced water chestnuts. Toss, separate the chicken chunks, build the heat, add soy sauce and toss until you've got that lovely caramel color.
Cover, let cook a couple minutes, split the biggest piece of chicken to check doneness, and if you've good, kill the heat and give it a minute to cool.
Finished off the leftover rice in the fridge to go with.
Soooo good.
Only downside was catching a flying droplet of hot, spicy oil directly in my right eye. Flushed it right away, though, and there's just a little irritation, no vision issues or pain, so that's good.