Monday, August 27, 2012

Recipe #88: Chinese Chicken Salad

If anyone has read some of my previous posts I have been watching my diet so I can lose a few pounds before my sister's wedding. I feel like Rachel McAdams in Mean Girls when her character, Regina George says, "I want to lose 3 pounds." Then she tries to go through all of these crazy crash diets so she can lose her 3 pounds. But instead of drinking only cranberry concentrate or eating kalteen bars I have gone the Atkins route and I have severely cut out carbohydrates and sodium.

Although I am not being as extreme as his diet calls since I did have carbs this morning for breakfast. But I am happy so far because I haven't exactly been hungry throughout the day, I've been eating a lot of fruit and vegetables while increasing my water intake. But I will say that by dinnertime I really want a meal that is packed with protein and flavor. Today I was craving PF Chang's chicken lettuce wraps and so I decided to make my own version. But I was equally as tired as hungry tonight so I decided to make the chicken filling and scoop it over a bed of lettuce. Watching my carbs and sodium tonight I enjoyed my dinner and I am still full...success!

Ingredients:

* 1 lb of Ground Chicken
* 1 large White Onion
* 1 Red Bell Pepper
* 1 Green Bell Pepper
* 2 large Cloves of Garlic
* 1 bunch of Green Onion
* 1 can of Water Chestnuts
* 1 can of Baby Corn
* 1 large head of Red Romaine Lettuce
* Ginger Salad Dressing




Cooking Directions:

In a large cooking pot spray place over medium heat and generously spray with non-stick cooking spray.

Add the ground chicken and cook thoroughly.

On a cutting board, chop the onion, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, and green onion in large pieces.

Add these three ingredients to the ground chicken.

On the cutting board, mince the garlic cloves and add them to the pot.

Pour the water chestnuts and baby corn into the pot.

Pour a desired amount of ginger salad dressing into the pot and stir everything together.


Wash the head of romaine lettuce and place several full pieces on a serving plate.


Scoop a large ladle full of the chicken stir fry over the top of the romaine lettuce.

Pour a small amount of the ginger salad dressing over the top and serve hot.

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