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Ingredients
- Sauce:
- 1 tbsp cornstarch [Healthy: Arrowroot or Ground Oats]
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 cups snow peas, trimmed and halved diagonally
- 4 garlic cloves, sliced
- 2 tsp grated fresh ginger
- 3 tbsp light brown sugar [Healthy: Twin/Splenda Brown Sugar Substitute]
- 2 tbsp soy sauce [Healthy: 6WBMO NSA Soy Sauce recipe]
- 1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- Chicken and Coating:
- 2 large egg whites
- 3 tbsp cornstarch [Healthy: Arrowroot or Ground Oats]
- 1/2 tsp salt [Healthy: Mrs. Dash]
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 pound chicken, cut into bite-size pieces
Details
Servings 4
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 20mins
Adapted from kitchensimplicity.com
Preparation
Step 1
Normally the chicken is coated in the egg white/cornstarch mixture and deep fried till golden brown. This version however is pan fried in a drizzle of oil until crisp and tender, making it not only quick enough to eat on a weeknight, but healthy enough to eat as often as you like.
For sauce: Mix together water and cornstarch until smooth. Stir in remaining ingredients. Set aside.
For chicken: Whisk together egg whites, cornstarch, salt and pepper. Stir in chicken.
To cook: Heat skillet over medium-high heat. Add a small amount of oil. Add half of chicken to pan, dripping off excess coating. Cook, stirring occasionally until golden brown and cooked through. Remove from pan, add more oil if necessary and repeat with remaining chicken. Set the chicken aside.
Add sauce to skillet and cook until snow peas are tender and sauce is thickened. Add chicken (and any collected juices) to skillet.Toss to coat.
*Make sure to use gluten-free soy sauce if cooking for those who cannot handle wheat.
* Feel free to add as many veggies as you like.
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