Chicken with Broccoli

Serves 4

2 whole chicken breasts
1 large head or 2 small heads broccoli
1 tsp salt
2 tsp sherry
2 tsp corn flour (corn starch)
1 cup good chicken stock
1 tbsp olive oil
grated fresh ginger to taste. I use about 2 tbsp (keep fresh ginger in the freezer, and when required grate it straight from freezer)
1/2 cup cashew nuts or blanched almonds
Crisp Fried Rice noodles or Orgran Rice Pasta

Directions:

  1. Cook noodles or pasta.
  2. Skin the chicken, cut into pieces.
  3. Wash broccoli and break into small stalks.
  4. Combine salt, browning (corn flour), and sherry in a bowl, mix well.
  5. Heat oil in wok, add ginger, stir fry 1 minute.
  6. Add chicken, stir fry 1 minute.
  7. Add sauce mixture and broccoli, bring to boil, stirring, reduce heat, cover and simmer 3-4 minutes, adding more stock if necessary.
  8. Add nuts, serve on noodles or pasta.

Per Serving (excluding unknown items):

277 Calories; 14g Fat (44.1% calories from fat); 28g Protein; 10g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 72mg Cholesterol; 587mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain (Starch); 3 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 2 Fat.

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