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Low Calorie Stir Fry Chicken

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Servings: 1
Calories: 220kcal
Author: Fiona Maclean

Ingredients

  • 1 Small skinless chicken breast about 80g
  • 1 head pak choi The small, dark leafed version
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1/2 Large chilli
  • 1 handful fresh peas
  • 1 " fresh ginger
  • 1 handful fresh coriander
  • 2 teaspoons light soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 2 teaspoons mirin
  • 2-3 shots 1-cal spray
  • 8-10 green beans
  • 1 teaspoon cornflour

Instructions

  • Shred the pak choi, chop the garlic and ginger finely, de-seed and chop the chilli. Slice the chicken breast along the grain to make long fingers. Chop the coriander.
    Trim and cut the spring onions and beans into one inch slices.
  • Place all the fresh ingredients on a board close to the cooker. To make life easy, put them in a circle, with the 'longest cooking' ingredient at 12oclock (the ginger and garlic, then the chicken)
  • Mix the cornflour with the mirin and soy and put the chicken into the liquid tossing it to coat it well
  • Spray a non-stick wok with 1-cal. Heat over a medium to high temperature.
  • Add in the chicken and cook for 1-2 minutes. Now add in the ginger, garlic and chilli and continue to cook for a minute, stirring constantly. Next add the beans, cook for a further minute. Add in the peas, spring onions and pak choi and continue to cook till the pak choi is wilted through. If necessary add in a tablespoon or two of water.
  • Add the remainder of the marinade and cook for 20-30 seconds. Take the wok off the heat and stir through the coriander and sesame oil.

Nutrition

Calories: 220kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 72mg | Sodium: 891mg | Potassium: 615mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 971IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 1mg