Sweet Chili Grilling Cheese Stir-Fry

Sweet Chili Grilling Cheese Stir-Fry

*with Bell Peppers, Scallion-Lime Rice & Toasted Peanuts*

🥘 Ingredients

  • bell peppers (thinly sliced)
    4
  • black pepper
  • butter
    1 tbsp
  • cooking oil
    1 tbsp
  • grilling cheese
    13 oz
  • limes (zested and quartered)
    2
  • onion (thinly sliced)
    2
  • peanuts
    1 oz
  • salt
  • scallions
    4
  • sugar
    1 tsp
  • sweet chili sauce
    2 oz
  • sweet soy glaze
    1/2 c
  • water
    1.5 c
  • white rice
    1.5 c

🍳 Cookware

  • small pot
  • large pan
  • lime
  1. 1
    In a small pot , combine white rice , with water (use 2.25 cups for 4 servings), and a pinch of salt . Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to low. Cook until rice is tender, ⏱️ 15 minutes . Keep covered until ready to serve.
    white rice: 1.5 c, water: 1.25 c, salt
  2. 2
    While rice cooks, wash and dry all produce. Core, deseed, and thinly slice bell peppers into strips. Halve, peel, and thinly slice onion . Dice the grilling cheese into ½-inch pieces. Zest and quarter limes . Thinly slice scallions , separating whites from greens.
    bell peppers: 4 (thinly sliced), onion: 2 (thinly sliced), grilling cheese: 12 oz, limes: 2 (zested and quartered), scallions: 4
  3. 3
    Heat a large nonstick pan, preferably large pan , over medium-high heat. Add peanuts and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden and fragrant, ⏱️ 2 minutes . Turn off heat; transfer to a cutting board. Wipe out the pan. Once peanuts are cool enough to handle, roughly chop.
    peanuts: 1 oz
  4. 4
    In the same pan over medium-high, heat a large drizzle of cooking oil . Add bell peppers and onion . Cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and tender, ⏱️ 8 minutes . Season with salt and black pepper . Turn off heat and transfer to a medium bowl. Wipe out pan.
    cooking oil: 1 tbsp, bell peppers, onion, salt, black pepper
  5. 5
    Meanwhile, in a small bowl, stir together sweet chili sauce , sweet soy glaze , water and sugar .
    sweet chili sauce: 2 oz, sweet soy glaze: 1/2 c, water: 4 tbsp, sugar: 1 tsp
  6. 6
    Over medium-high, heat another drizzle of oil in the same pan. Add grilling cheese and cook, turning occasionally, until browned, ⏱️ 2 minutes . (If cheese starts to stick, don’t worry — use a spatula to scrape it from the pan and separate pieces.) Stir in the veggies, sauce and butter (2 tbsp for 4 servings). Cook, stirring, until everything is coated, ⏱️ 2 minutes . Remove from heat; stir in a squeeze of lime juice (big squeeze to taste or "big squeeze" not necessary).
    grilling cheese: 1 oz, butter: 1 tbsp
  7. 7
    Serve the rice in bowls and top with the stir-fry. Sprinkle with peanuts and the remaining scallion greens. Serve with any remaining lime wedges on the side.
    peanuts