Stir-fried Turkey with Spring Vegetables

Total time: 25 minutes
     This cooks quickly, as most stir-fries do, allowing the bright green, spring vegetables to retain their color.  I use Brown rice but substitute Basmati if you prefer. Add other spring vegetables  if you have them.

 Ingredients:

• 10oz (300gr) turkey cutlets or tenderloin, 300gr, 10.6oz
• 1 onion, 145gr, 5.1oz
• 2 cloves garlic, 8gr, .28oz
• 4oz asparagus green or white, 112gr, 4oz
• 4oz snow peas (mangetout), 112gr, 4oz
• 2 tsp sesame oil, 9gr, .32oz
• 2 tsp olive oil, 9gr, .32oz
• 1/2 cup chicken stock, 112gr, 4oz
• 1 tbs sherry (optional), 15gr, .53oz
• 1 tbs cornstarch (Maizena, corn flour) dissolved in   8gr, .28oz
• 1 tbs soy sauce plus 1 tbs water, 16gr, .56oz
• Brown Rice
• 2/3 cup quick cooking brown rice, 125gr, 4.4oz
• 1 1/3 cups chicken stock or whatever your rice calls for, 310gr, 10.9oz

 Instructions:

• Thinly slice onion. 
• Mince garlic. 
• Snap off the ends of the asparagus then roll cut . 
• Trim snow peas. 
• Cut the turkey into bite-size pieces. 
• Heat olive oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.   Add onion to skillet and stir-fry for 2 minutes. 
• Add garlic and stir-fry another 2 minutes.  Remove onion/garlic from pan and set aside. 
• Add sesame oil to pan and heat.  Add turkey and stir-fry 3 - 5 minutes, until nicely browned.  Remove and put with onions. 
• Add asparagus to skillet and stir-fry 3 minutes. 
• Add snow peas to skillet and stir-fry 1 - 2 minutes longer. 
• Return everything to the skillet.  Add chicken stock, sherry and bring to a boil.  
• Dissolve cornstarch in soy sauce.  Add cornstarch mixture to pan and stir until thickened.   Add more soy sauce if desired, according to taste. 
• Serve over Brown Rice.
• Brown Rice 
• Cook rice according to package instructions.  Fluff and serve.  

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Nutrition Information                  Recipe serves 2            Entire Recipe / per serving Calories:   1186 / 593 Total Carbohydrates: 136 / 68           Dietary Fiber:  14 / 7 Total Fat:  25 / 12.5          Saturated Fat:  4 / 2 Cholesterol:  226 / 113 Protein:  97 / 48.5 Calcium:  204 / 102 Sodium:  1722 / 861

General Technical Details and Disclaimer:

Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.

I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it.  I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.

My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/