Monday, March 25, 2013

Almond Chicken

  
One of my favorite dishes is Chinese almond chicken but of course its usually loaded in sodium and is fried in grease.... so I came up with my own recipe and it is simple and amazing!!!!!  :)

Almond Chicken    
Chicken ingredients:
  • 3 chicken breast 
  • 2 egg whites or 3 tbs of egg beaters
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 1tsp braggs liquid amino liquids or low sodium soy sauce
  • 1/4 onion 
  • 2 garlic cloves 
  • 1 tbs rice wine (sake) or sherry 
  • 3/4 cup slivered almonds 
  • water chestnuts 
  • 1 can small corns 
Preparation:
  • cut chicken breast into cubes and add eggs, salt, cornstarch and let sit for about 10 min. 
  • in a hot skillet  add onions and let cook down for a few min until translucent then add garlic, chicken and let cook down for like 5-8 min then add chestnuts and corns. 
  • while that is cooking in a small bowl add wine and soy sauce and mix then add to chicken and let cook down for another 3-5 min on low.  
  • in another hot pan toast almonds for about 5 min, then add into chicken mixture.
Gravy Ingredients:
  •  2 Cups of all natural low sodium chicken stock
  • 1/2 tbs liquid aminos or low sodium soy sauce 
  • 2 tbs of rice wine or sherry 
  • 2tbs of cornstarch   
Preparation:
  •  combine all ingredients on a pot and let thicken up then poor into chicken mixture.  
So amazing!!!! This is a must try recipe!!!! ENJOY :)


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