Aloha Chicken
diabetic, main dish, poultry, rice
2 1/2 lb chicken pieces; skinned
2 chicken bouillon cubes; borden low sodium
1 tablespoon margarine
1 cup green pepper; diced (1 med. pepper)
1 cup radishes; thinly sliced
1 cup pineapple chunks; canned, unsweetened
1/2 cup juice from pineapple
1 teaspoon light soy sauce
2 tablespoon flour
1 dash pepper
4 1/2 cup rice; cooked
1 chow mein noodles; optional
Simmer the chicken in water with bouillon cubes. Remove meat from bones and cut into chunks. Save 1 cup of chicken broth. While chicken is cooking, melt margarine in frying pan or wok and saute the radishes, green peppers, and pineapple until crisp tender, but not brown. (Put rice on to cook.) Mix 1 cup saved chicken broth with 1/2 cup pineapple juice and 1 tsp. soy sauce. Add to pan.
Mix flour with 1 Tb. cold water and stir to remove lumps. Add to vegetables. Add cut up chicken and a dash of pepper, and cook until everything is hot. Serve over rice. If desired, sprinkle chow mein noodles on top. Serves 6. (Portion is 3/4 cup mixture served over 3/4 cup cooked rice.)
Nutrients per serving: Calories 320, fat 7g, cholesterol 58mg, carbohydrate 39g, sodium 314mg.
Exchanges: Bread 2 1/2, Meat 2.
Source: "There IS Life after Lettuce" by Pepper Durcholz, Alberta Gentry, Carolyn Williams, M.S.
Formatted for Meal-Master by Joyce Burton.
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