Stir-fry chicken with mushrooms and bok choy

This an easy meal anybody can create in a matter of minutes. This is also a good way to get into Asian stir-fry meals. Once you've mastered this simple recipe you'll be able to prepare just about any other stir-fry dish.

Ingredients
Peanut or vegetable oil - 3 tbs.
Garlic - 5 cloves, diced
Brown onion - 1/4, diced
Spring onion - 2 branches, diced
Dark soy sauce - 2 tbs for the marinade, and 3 tbs for the stir-fry
Sesame oil - 1/2 tsp. for the marinade, and 1 tsp for the stir-fry
Chili - 1 whole chili, diced
Chicken fillet - 200g, sliced into small thin strips
Bok choy - 2 branches, coarsely diced
Sugar - 1 tsp.
Lemon juice - 2 tsp.
Cracked pepper - to taste
Salt - to taste
Rice - as much quantity as you like

Step 1 - Cook the rice

Before you begin your stir-fry you must first prepare the rice. This is important. Do not start your stir-frying until the rice is almost fully cooked. This is because the stir-frying stage will only take about 5-7 minutes. So you don't want to prepare the stir-fry too early because the rice will still be cooking.

Step 2 - Marinate the chicken

Place the chicken strips into small bowl. Add the sesame oil and the dark soy sauce. Mix well and set aside.

Step 3 - Begin stir-frying

Once your rice is nearly cooked, place your wok (or if you don't have one use a standard frying pan) on high heat, pour in the vegetable or peanut oil, add the chilli, brown onion, and the garlic. Stir vigorously to make sure nothing gets burned for about 1 minute. Now add the chicken strips, and stir-fry until it is almost cooked. Next add the bok choy, sesame oil, dark soy sauce, sugar, and the lemon juice. Stir-fry until the bok choy is cooked and still crispy. Be careful not to overcook it because this will make the bok choy become soggy. Next add the spring onion, and some salt and pepper to taste. Done! Serve immediately on rice.

Of course you can vary the amount of all the ingredients in this meal to suit your taste. Depending on how salty your dark soy sauce is you may find that you don't need the salt at all. Also do be careful on the amount of sesame oil you put in. This stuff is extremely powerful and it only takes a small quantity to overpower the entire dish.