Sunday, January 21, 2007

Low Carb Chicken with Broccoli

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
2 tbsp grated fresh ginger (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.



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