Recipes for the feeding of a starving artist - Mango Chicken with Jasmine Rice

All that painting makes an artist hungry and since I like to cook, its a perfect combination.
As I've said before, one of my favorite combinations is chicken and fruit and one of my favorite fruits is mango. My local super market sells containers of mango spears and I cut them up for my cereal in the morning, and you've seen my salmon and mango sauce recipe in a previous post. Here are two recipes that will show you how well they go together. Enjoy! One additional thought - if you have a grill feature on your stove, try grilling mango slices as a special add-on to your dish.

Quote: "The preparation of good food is merely another expression of art, one of the joys of civilized living"
Dione Lucas


Mango Chicken with Jasmine Rice
Ingredients
2 tablespoons Oil
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 chicken breasts sliced
4 green onions, sliced on the diagonal
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon chicken base
2/3 cup water
1 teaspoon sugar
salt and pepper to taste
2 ripe mangos, peeled and sliced
2 tablespoons sherry
cornstarch for thickening if necessary
Directions
Heat wok and add oil. Add ginger and cinnamon and saute for 30 seconds. Add chicken and green onions and stir fry for 5 minutes. Add soy sauce, chicken base, water and sugar and bring to a boil. Add salt and pepper to taste and simmer for approx 15 minutes. Add mangos and sherry and simmer uncovered until the sauce has reduced and thickened. Add cornstarch mixed with a litter water to thicken if necessary. Serve with Jasmine or Basmati rice, cooked according to package directions.
Recipe serves four



Mango-Mustard Glazed Chicken

Recipe courtesy of Mango Inn, Lake Worth, FL

Mango-Mustard Glazed Chicken
Make 6 servings

1 cup chopped peeled mango
1 cup pineapple juice
½ cup apricot or peach preserves
½ cup dry white wine
1 ½ tablespoons stone-ground mustard
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon water
6 (4-ounce) skinned, boned chicken breast halves
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
Cooking spray

Combine first 7 ingredients in a bowl; stir well with a whisk.

Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Heat a large non-stick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat until hot. Add chicken; cook 3 minutes on each side or until browned. Remove chicken from pan.

Add mango mixture; bring to a boil. Return chicken to pan; reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes or until chicken is done and sauce thickens, stirring occasionally.