As part of this post eluded I was asked to do a review of San-J Tamari Gluten Free Soy Sauce for Mambo Sprouts as part of their celebration of Celiac Disease Awareness Month. I am an avid fan of Asian food so this was not an offer I would have passed up, especially since my soy sauce of choice has always been La Choy which was recently tasting a bit too salty for me.
In doing this review I was mentally stuck on making stir fry, which I absolutely love, but realized that I needed to start to think outside of the box and get a bit creative. Part of what I have been trying to do with my diet recently is add in different ‘grains’ other than rice. Thus, for this review I decided to make a millet stir fry and see how it came out with the San J Tamari Soy Sauce. So, here you go:
Millet Stir Fry with Chicken and Vegetables
Millet Stir Fry with Chicken and Vegetables
Author: Celtic Celiac
Cuisine: Gluten Free, Dairy Free
Ingredients
- 1lb Chicken breasts (cubed)
- 1 Cup dry millet cooked and chilled overnight (makes 4 servings dry millet)
- 2 Cups Mini Multi-Colored Sweet Peppers (diced)
- 1 large crown Broccoli cut to desired size
- ½ Large Yellow Onion (Diced)
- 3 Medium Sized Garlic Cloves (Minced)
- 1½ cups shredded carrots
- 2 Eggs
- 2 Tablespoons
- San-J.s Original Gluten Free Tamari Soy Sauce
- plus more for seasoning to taste
- 2 Tablespoons sesame oil plus more for oiling pans
- Ginger powder to taste
Instructions
- Cook the millet the night before and let stand in the refrigerator slightly uncovered overnight. I used Eden Organic Millet
- When you are ready to cook, cut your vegetable ingredients to their desired sizes and set aside.
- Cut and season your chicken with the ginger powder. In a small skillet heat up 1 tablespoon
- San-J.s Original Tamari Soy Sauce
- and 1 tablespoon sesame oil. Add chicken and cook on medium while preparing other ingredients.
- In a large skillet add the remaining
- San-J.s Original Tamari Soy Sauce
- and sesame oil and heat. Crack both eggs into the pan and scramble.
- Next, add the garlic and onion, cook for approximately 30 seconds and then add the broccoli, peppers and carrots. Saute covered, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until broccoli and carrots are becoming slightly soft.
- Add the chicken and oil from the other pan. Stir and cook for one minute.
- Finally, add the precooked millet. Throughly mix all ingredients and add more soy sauce to taste (I added approximately another Tablespoon). Continue to cook for approximately another 4 minutes and season with ginger powder if desired.
- Remove from heat and eat warm for full flavor. Enjoy!
Now, for San-J’s Original Tamari Gluten Free Soy Sauce itself I was very delighted. I have never understood the reasoning behind adding 40-60% wheat to soy sauce! There really isn’t much of a benefit there and San-J’s proves that point. My main issue with La Choy and general soy sauce in the past is that I love the flavor but hate the salt! Even San J.’s original soy sauce is lower in sodium than most soy sauces. The finished flavor was perfect for a stir fry and added just the right amount of flavor without the salt over taste. In addition, I feel that San-J’s had a fuller flavor than most other brands, making it capable of adding flavor where other soy sauces would just mask and take over the flavor of the final product. San- J’s was also thicker in my opinion which made it easier to use less or it, there wasn’t any ‘watered down’ effect.
Finally, The packing on San-J’s is clear, making it obvious to any shopper that the product is gluten free. I think obvious packaging shows respect from a company for the shopper with ‘special eating needs’. Such dedication to make it clear, and to explain your purpose and benefits so clearly on packaging as San-J does, makes things easier for the shopper and shows a certain level of respect. There is less time involved as well as less stress in searching through the ingredients lists! Who can go wrong with that?
I would definitely try this product again and would highly recommend it!
yum – finally a recipe that entices me to give this millet making a try – looking forward to experimenting when we get back home from 😀
Delicious stir fry!. My family really like your recipe given here because it tastes good. They wanted to taste it again because it is a very healthy dish and it is very delicious. Thank you for posting this!
Recipe for Stir Fry
Thank you Deb and Maurice!