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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Low Carb Lemon Chicken

lemon-chicken 

This is kind of Chinese Chicken recipes, Chinese cooking can be very healthy as it contains low carb as well as low fat dishes.
Ingredients:
  • 2 tablespoons Dry sherry
  • 4 green (Spring) onions, chopped
  • 1 Piece of root ginger, shredded
  • 500g (1 pound) boned chicken, cut into 1 inch strips
  • 2 Celery sticks, sliced
  • 125g (4oz) button mushrooms, quartered
  • 1 Green pepper, cored, seeded, and sliced
  • 2 tablespoons Light soy sauce
  • Shredded rind of 2 lemons
  • A few lemon slices to garnish
  • 2 tablespoons oil for stir-frying
Directions:
Put the sherry, spring onions and ginger in a bowl. Add the chicken, toss well to coat, then leave to marinate in the bowl for 15 minutes.
Heat the oil in a wok or frying pan. Add the celery, mushrooms, and the green pepper and stir-fry for one minute. Add the chicken and marinade, then
cook for 3 minutes. Stir in the soy sauce and lemon rind then cook for a further minute.
To serve, pile into a warmed serving dish and garnish with lemon slices.
Makes 4 to 6 servings. Preparation Time: 45 minutes

Nutritional information, per serving
294 Calories; 6g Fat (20.0% calories from fat); 53g Protein; 3g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 144mg Cholesterol; 346mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain (Starch); 7 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 0 Fat.