Fiery Burmese Chicken and Green Beans | Boys Who Can Cook | Umami

Ingredients

• 10-12 ounces chicken breast (boneless, skinless) or sub tofu, cubed and patted dry.
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ¾ teaspoon Chinese Five Spice (do not leave this out -see notes)
• 1 tablespoon oil for searing (peanut, coconut or  high temp”wok” oil)
• 2 ½  tablespoons soy sauce (or use GF liquid aminos)
• 2 teaspoons honey or sugar or alternative (do not leave this out)
• 2 Â teaspoons rice vinegar
• 2 tablespoon Shaohsing – Chinese cooking wine,  “shaoxing”, rice wine, or sub white wine
• 1-2 teaspoons chili garlic sauce ( sambal or sriracha) for  2 stars
• 6 ounces fresh green beans, haricot verts, snap peas or asparagus
• 1 red or yellow bell pepper, sliced into ½ inch wide strips
• ½ an onion, sliced into ½ inch wide strips
• 3 fat garlic cloves, rough chopped
• 5- 10 dried thai chilies- optional but good! (you won’t eat these, just for flavor)
• 10-12 Thai Basil leaves ( torn) or use regular basil if in a pinch