Ginger Chicken with Scallions
From mrsc543 14 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 4
A very tasty dish that is sure to please anyone who loves chicken. This is a Weight Watchers recipe from back in the day before they assigned points to their food.
Ingredients
- 1 lemon shopping list
- 4 quarter-size pieces of ginger, unpeeled shopping list
- 4 tsp olive oil shopping list
- 4 small skinless, boneless chicken breast halves (1 lb total) shopping list
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch shopping list
- 1/2 cup low sodium chicken broth shopping list
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped shopping list
- 1 cup scallions, cut diagonally into 1-inch to 2-inch lengths shopping list
- 1/2 tsp sugar shopping list
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes shopping list
- 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper shopping list
- 1/4 tsp salt shopping list
How to make it
- Grate lemon zest from half the lemon.
- Cut the remaining half of the lemon into paper-thin slices.
- Mince the ginger.
- In a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, warm 2 tsp of olive oil until hot but not smoking.
- Add chicken and saute until golden all over., about 3 minutes per side.
- Remove chicken and cover loosely to keep warm.
- In a small bowl, dissolve the cornstarch in the chicken broth.
- Add the remaining 2 tsp of oil to the skillet and add ginger, garlic,scallions and the lemon zest and cook, stirring for 1 minute.
- Add cornstarch mixture and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
- Return the chicken to the pan and add the lemon slices, sugar, red pepper flakes and the black pepper.
- Return to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer until the chicken is cooked through, about five minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper and serve hot with equal amounts of scallions and sauce.
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