Easy to prepare colorful stir-fry dish
combining chicken, pea pods, red peppers and pineapple in a sweet/sour
sauce. The sauce is flavored with Equal, ginger and soy sauce.
Sweet and Sour Stir-Fry with
Chicken
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 3-inch strips
1 (8-ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
1 cup red bell pepper strips
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 (8-ounce) can pineapple chunks, packed in juice, undrained
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup Equal® Spoonful*
1 (6-ounce) package frozen pea pods
- Heat oil in wok or skillet. Add chicken.
Cook and stir 5 to 6 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink.
Remove; set aside. Add water chestnuts, pepper and onion to wok.
Cook and stir 3 to 4 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
- Dissolve cornstarch, soy sauce and vinegar
in small bowl. Add pineapple with juice, ginger and salt. Stir
into vegetable mixture. Cook 2 to 3 minutes or until sauce thickens,
stirring constantly.
- Stir in Equal®. Add pea pods and chicken.
Cook 2 to 3 minutes or until pea pods and chicken are heated
through.
Makes 6 servings.
* May substitute 6 packets Equal sweetener
Nutrition Information Per Serving:
calories 272, protein 29 g, carbohydrate 27 g, fat 5 g, cholesterol
66 mg, sodium 620 mg.
Food Exchanges:
1 starch, 3 very lean meat, 2 vegetable.
Recipe and photograph provided courtesy
of Merisant Corporation ® and the NutraSweet Company, makers
of Equal®
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for more information on the artificial sweetner Aspartame.
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