Italian Chicken, Mushrooms, or Veggies

INGREDIENTS

4 tbsp olive oil or butter
2 large chicken breasts, cubed 🐓
OR baby bella mushrooms 🍄
4 cloves garlic, minced 🧄
2 tsp onion powder 🧅
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp Italian seasoning
2 tsp red pepper flakes (or more, to taste) 🌶
1 tsp fresh cracked black pepper

Optional: ¼ cup white wine 🍾

VEGETABLE ALTERNATIVE

Instead of chicken, try summer vegetables (with or without mushrooms):
1 Squash
1 Zucchini
1 Bell pepper
1 Sweet onion 🧅
2 Roma tomatoes 🍅

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DIRECTIONS

• Heat olive oil in pan (medium high heat)

• Add garlic and stir fry ~30 sec.

• Add chicken and immediately add salt and onion powder; stir to cover completely and let sit ~30 sec.

• Add Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, and black pepper and stir to coat chicken

• Stir fry until chicken has golden sides and is completely cooked
  If using, deglaze with white wine

TO SERVE:
Serve with white rice 🍚
OR with fettuccini alfredo
OR as a salad protein

VEGETABLE DIRECTIONS:

• Heat olive oil in pan (medium high heat)

• Stir fry sweet onion 🧅 till caramelized

• Add squash, zucchini, onion powder, salt and stir fry until vegetables gain color

• Add garlic 🧄, bell pepper, Italian seasoning, red pepper, black pepper (stir fry ~30 sec)

• Add tomatoes 🍅 and stir fry on high heat until tomato liquid mostly evaporates or reduces
  If using, deglaze with white whine while tomato liquid is still reducing