Sweet n Sour Chicken

 

3-4 boneless chicken breasts, cut into cubes

seasoned salt

1/2 cup cornstarch (optional**)

2 eggs, beaten (optional**)

oil - canola, evoo, whatever

 

3/4 cup sugar or splenda

4 tbs ketchup

1/2 cup distilled white vinegar

1 tbs soy sauce

1 tsp garlic salt

 

small onion cut into strips

 

small green pepper julienned

Season chicken with seasoned salt.

(Optional)Dip chicken into the cornstarch to coat. Then dip into the eggs.

** I prefer this recipe without the tempura-ish coating. My husband likes the coating better. Do what you like.  :)

 

Heat a few tablespoons of oil in a large (the biggest you've got)  skillet and cook your chicken until browned and cooked through.

 

Meanwhile, mix sugar, ketchup, vinegar, soy sauce, and garlic salt in a bowl with a whisk.

Pour evenly over the chicken, tossing to coat.

Cook until sauce is carmelized.

Remove chicken and add onion and green peppers to the pan.  

Cook until onion is translucent and pepper is bright green.

Add chicken back to the pan for a minute or two.

Serve with rice, fried rice, quinoa, and/or pineapple.

(Low Carb) Mu Shu Chicken Lettuce Wrap

This was a Slam Dunk for dinner!

Chicken:
• 1lb of chicken tenders (or 1lb of chix breast cut into 1/2 or 1/3)
•1 tablespoon vegetable oil
•1 tablespoon grill seasoning
Marinate and bake 375* for 25min or grill

Slaw:
In a bowl, mix -
•2 teaspoons sugar/splenda
•2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar or white vinegar
•Salt
Taste to make sure you're happy with the dressing. Then add -
•1/2C seedless cucumber, peeled, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced on an angle (1 net carb)
•1-2 cups broccoli slaw - broccoli, carrots, cabbage (3 net carbs/cup)


Peanut sauce:
Mix -
1/3 C all natural peanut or almond butter (7 net carbs)
1″ piece ginger, grated
6 cloves garlic, grated
3 Tbsp cup low-sodium soy sauce (3 net carbs)
2 Tbsp sugar/splenda
1 Tbsp toasted sesame oil
2 Tbsp rice vinegar
3 Tbsp water

Taste at this point and adjust vinegar or sugar, depending on your taste.

• Use Iceberg or butter lettuce leaves as your wrap.

Directions
Spread peanut sauce on your leaf.
Pile on the slaw
Add your chicken and wrap.

Alternatively, heat your peanut sauce and add 1T of water to use a squirt bottle and drizzle it on top.
You can use the peanut sauce as a dip as well but it's hard to keep everything together.

This makes 6 Lettuce Wraps at 2.3 net carbs each. Not bad.  :)