Chinese-Style Lemon Chicken
A savoury lemon sauce seasoned with a hint of sesame tastes fabulous with tender chicken and crunchy Asian vegetables. Serve Chinese-style lemon chicken with plain egg noodles or rice to add some satisfying starchy carbohydrate.
Excerpted from Eat to Beat Diabetes, available now in the Best Health Store
| Servings | Prep Time | Cook Time |
| 4servings | 25minutes | 25minutes |
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 4servings | 25minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 25minutes |
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 12 oz skinless boneless chicken breasts thinly sliced
- 1 onion thinly sliced
- 1 green bell pepper seeded and cut into thin strips
- 1 garlic clove chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger finely chopped
- 2 carrots thinly sliced
- 1 cup water chestnuts drained and sliced
- 1 1/2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 3 tbsp dry sherry
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1 tsp sugar
- 3 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
- Zest of 2 lemons
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 1/2 cups green beans cut into 2-in. (5-cm) pieces
- 1 cup bean sprouts
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Instructions
- Heat a large Dutch oven coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook until the meat is just turning white, about 1 minute. Add the onion, pepper, garlic and ginger, and cook over medium heat, stirring often, until the onion is softened but not browned, about 5 to 6 minutes.
- Add the carrots and water chestnuts. Pour in the broth and sherry, and heat until simmering. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, mix the flour and sugar with the soy sauce in a small bowl to make a smooth paste. Add the sesame oil and lemon zest and juice, stirring well with a whisk. Add the flour mixture to the broth in the Dutch oven and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Add the green beans, cover the pan, and simmer for 2 minutes. Add the bean sprouts and simmer for 2 minutes. Serve immediately, before the bean sprouts soften.
Recipe Notes
Each serving provides calories 226, calories from fat 27, fat 3 g, saturated fat 1 g, cholesterol 53 mg, carbohydrate 25 g, fibre 5 g, sugars 5 g, protein 25 g.
Choices per serving: Carbohydrate 1, Meat & Alternatives 3
