Ingredients:
3 chicken breasts *
1/2 lb chinese pea pods
1/2 lb mushrooms
4 green onions
2 cup bamboo shoots, drained
1 cup chicken broth **
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tbsp corn starch
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
4 tbsp salad oil
1 package cashew nuts (about 4-oz)
Instructions:
* Boned and skinned ** Or bouillon cube dissolved in water
Slice breasts horizontally into very thin slices and cut into inch
squares. Place on tray. Prepare vegetables, removing ends and strings
from pea pods, slicing mushrooms, green part of onions, and the
bamboo shoots. Add to tray. Mix soy sauce, cornstarch, sugar, and
salt. Heat 1 tbls of oil in skillet over moderate heat, add all the
nuts, and cook 1 min shaking the pan, toasting the nuts lightly.
Remove and reserve. Pour remaining oil in pan, fry chicken quickly,
turning often until it looks opaque. Lower heat to low. Add pea pods,
mushrooms, and broth. Cover and cook slowly for 2 mins. Remove cover,
add soy sauce mixture, bamboo shoots, and cook until thickened,
stirring constantly. Simmer uncovered a bit more and add green onions
and nuts and serve immediately.
Servings: 4
Chicken is ideal
for weight loss
and dieting
Healthy eating is far better than strict dieting, and weight loss achieved by a change of lifestyle lasts far longer than 'faddy' diets that are difficult to adopt for long periods.
Cooking more low fat chicken can enable you to lose weight gradually as part of a a controlled and healthy diet.
"It's true that I did get the girl, but then my grandfather always said, Even a blind chicken finds a few grains of corn now and then." - Lyle Lovett
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