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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

My Favorite Weight Watchers Recipe

This is probably my favorite meal to make and eat....It's tasty....It's easy.....It's spice-a-li-cious! And I have leftovers of it for lunch today!! mmmmmmmm
I got this recipe off the Weight Watchers website a couple of years ago. I make it a couple of times a month, it's so good. Of course, I do put in more red pepper than the recipe calls for, sometimes, too much....but food is always better if it's so hot it makes you cry!


General Tso's Chicken

3/4 cup canned chicken broth, reduced-sodium
2 Tbsp cornstarch
2 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
1 Tbsp white wine vinegar
1/2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp peanut oil
2 medium scallion(s), chopped
2 medium garlic clove(s), minced
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes, or 1 dried chili pepper, minced
1 pound uncooked boneless, skinless chicken breast(s), cut into 2-inch pieces
2 cup cooked white rice, kept hot
In a medium bowl, whisk together broth, cornstarch, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar and ginger; set aside. Heat oil in a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat. Add scallions, garlic and pepper and cook 2 minutes. Add chicken and cook until browned all over, about 5 minutes. Add reserved sauce and simmer until sauce thickens and chicken is cooked through, about 3 minutes. Serve chicken and sauce over rice. Yields about 1 cup of chicken and sauce and 1/2 cup of rice per serving.


4 servings - 6 Weight Watcher Points per serving.
I do make a couple of modifications other than the spice - I like to add some vegies - my favorite is Bird's Eye frozen stir-fry vegies. But add whatever I have on hand. This batch was just mushrooms, peppers and onions.

2 Comments:

Blogger Miss Carnivorous said...

We get that at Chinese restaurants but it is not the healthy form at all. As for the sodium content, it is off the charts!

5:01 PM  
Blogger Cooth said...

This is good - has a nice flavor - but no deep fat frying and I think that by using the reduced-sodium broth and soy sauce, you really cut down on the water retention....
or spiking of the blood pressure!

9:35 AM  

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