Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
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A healthy spin on a traditional favorite chicken and rice dish that's full of taste and flavor.
Ingredients
Directions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together broth, cornstarch, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar and ginger; set aside.
- Heat oil in a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat. Add scallions, garlic and pepper and cook 2 minutes. Add chicken and cook until browned all over, about 5 minutes.
- Add reserved sauce and simmer until sauce thickens and chicken is cooked through, about 3 minutes.
- Serve chicken and sauce over rice.
- Yields about 1 cup of chicken and sauce and 1/2 cup of rice per serving.
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This tasted very good, and I was surprised at the low point value for the amount of food one serving had!
26 Jun 08 by member: moleman2000
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6 points a serving...i'll have to try it to see if it's worth the points but sounds good!
27 Jun 08 by member: apikalia
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If you didn't use the rice it wouldn't be as bad.
08 Jan 09 by member: wendibarber
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I substituted brown rice for white, which raised the calorie count a bit but added enough fiber to bring the weight watcher points down to 5 per serving with 3/4 cups rice instead of 1/2 cup.
16 Feb 09 by member: plumpkin
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I also used splenda instead of sugar.
26 Feb 09 by member: trimelda
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Pretty good I did the splenda and the brown rice. good eats! Thanks for the recipe:)
22 Jun 09 by member: Shaley1999
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This was excellent!!! I too had brown rice and splenda. My family had no idea it was a "diet" recipe!
11 Sep 09 by member: Shellyrae
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Add a little hot sauce to give it a bit more kick! Awesome!
08 Jan 10 by member: meat1oaf
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really really good recipe. it feels like your cheating on your diet thats how good it was. i replaced the sugar with splenda, wheat flour instead of corn starch (because i didnt have any) and brown rice instead of white rice and it was still amazing!!!
06 Feb 10 by member: blily
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Nutrition summary:
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There are 298 calories in 1 serving of General Tsao Chicken. |
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Calorie break-down: 12% fat, 46% carbs, 42% protein. |
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Nutrition Facts
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Serving Size 1 serving
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| Amount Per Serving |
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Calories from Fat 36
Calories 298
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| % Daily Values* |
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Total Fat
3.96g
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6% |
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Saturated Fat
0.832g
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4% |
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Polyunsaturated Fat
1.132g
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Monounsaturated Fat
1.462g
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Cholesterol
66mg
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22% |
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Sodium
480mg
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20% |
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Potassium
406mg
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Total Carbohydrate
33.45g
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11% |
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Dietary Fiber
0.7g
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3% |
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Sugars
6.81g
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Protein
29.68g
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| Vitamin A
4% |
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Vitamin C
6% |
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| Calcium
3% |
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Iron
12% |
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Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Nutrition Values are based on USDA Nutrient Database SR18
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15%
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of RDI*
(298 calories)
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Calorie Breakdown:
Carbohydrate (46%)
Fat (12%)
Protein (42%)
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* Based on a RDI of 2000 calories
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