Low Carb Chinese Food - Chicken with Broccoli
* Exported from ChineseFoodDIY.com *
Chicken with Broccoli
Serves 4
Ingredients:
2 whole chicken breasts
1 large head or 2 small heads broccoli
1 tsp salt
2 tsp sherry
2 tsp corn flour
1 cup good chicken stock
1 tbsp olive oil
grated fresh ginger to taste, I use about 2 tbsp (keep fresh ginger in the freezer, and when required grate it straight from freezer)
1/2 cup cashew nuts or blanched almonds
Crisp Fried Rice noodles or Orgran Rice Pasta
Directions:
Cook noodles or pasta.
Skin the chicken, cut into pieces.
Wash broccoli and break into small stalks.
Combine salt, browning, and sherry in a bowl, mix well.
Heat oil in wok, add ginger, stir fry 1 minute.
Add chicken, stir fry 1 minute.
Add sauce mixture and broccoli, bring to boil, stirring, reduce heat, cover and simmer 3-4 minutes, adding more stock if necessary.
Add nuts, serve on noodles or pasta.
Per Serving (excluding unknown items):
277 Calories; 14g Fat (44.1% calories from fat); 28g Protein; 10g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 72mg Cholesterol; 587mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain (Starch); 3 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 2 Fat.
Chicken with Broccoli
Serves 4
Ingredients:
2 whole chicken breasts
1 large head or 2 small heads broccoli
1 tsp salt
2 tsp sherry
2 tsp corn flour
1 cup good chicken stock
1 tbsp olive oil
grated fresh ginger to taste, I use about 2 tbsp (keep fresh ginger in the freezer, and when required grate it straight from freezer)
1/2 cup cashew nuts or blanched almonds
Crisp Fried Rice noodles or Orgran Rice Pasta
Directions:
Cook noodles or pasta.
Skin the chicken, cut into pieces.
Wash broccoli and break into small stalks.
Combine salt, browning, and sherry in a bowl, mix well.
Heat oil in wok, add ginger, stir fry 1 minute.
Add chicken, stir fry 1 minute.
Add sauce mixture and broccoli, bring to boil, stirring, reduce heat, cover and simmer 3-4 minutes, adding more stock if necessary.
Add nuts, serve on noodles or pasta.
Per Serving (excluding unknown items):
277 Calories; 14g Fat (44.1% calories from fat); 28g Protein; 10g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 72mg Cholesterol; 587mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain (Starch); 3 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 2 Fat.
Source: " Real & Healthy Chinese Cooking" - Nicholas Zhou's cookbook with 500+ low carb and low fat recipes with 170+ colorful pictures. Based on a master chef's 40 years of cooking practice and 4 years of writing and research, it has helped 12,800 people worldwide improve their health. |