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If you are unsure whether this Chicken Chow Main recipe is suitable for your personal diabetic diet,
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Chicken Chow Main Recipe
Recipe Ingredients:
1 tbsp Vegetable oil 3 cup Celery, diagonally sliced 1/2 cup Green onions, with tops diagonally slcied 2 1/2 cup Chicken broth, hot 3 tbsp Cornstarch 1/2 tsp Salt 1/8 tsp Garlic powder, =OR=- 1 cl Garlic, minced 1/8 tsp Ground ginger 1/2 cup Cold water 1 tbsp Soy sauce 3 1/4 cup Chicken, firmly packed chopped cooked(bite-sized pieces) 1 1/4 cup Green peppers, * chopped (1" cubes) 6 oz (2 cn) mushrooms, stem & pieces; drained =OR=- 8 oz Fresh mushrooms, sliced 3 1/2 oz (1 cn) water chestnuts, drained and sliced 3 1/2 oz Chow mein noodles 2 tbsp Candied gingrer root, finely chopped
Recipe Instructions:
* For color you may want to add yellow, red and green.
Heat vegetables oil in a deep heavy cooking pot; add celery and onion; stir-fry over moderate heat until onions are transparent but not brown. Add chicken broth, cover and over low heat 4-5 minutes. Meanwhile, combine cornstarch, salt, garlic, ginger, cold water, and soy sauce and mix until smooth. Add slowly to hot mixture, stirring constantly. Cook and stir over medium heat unitl liquid thickens and is clear. Add chicken, green peppers, mushrooms, and water chestnuts; mix well. Cover and cook over low heat about 5 minutes, until heated throught. To serve into a 2-quart serving dish. Mix noodles and candied ginger and sctter on top of chicken mixture. 1 serving : 1 cup chicken-vegetable mixture plus about 1/3 cup chow mein noodles. Food Exchange per serving: 3 LEAN MEAT EXCHANGES + 2 VEGETABLE EXCHANGES + 1 STARCH EXCHANGE; CAL: 327; CHO: 29g; PRO: 30g; FAT: 10g; SOD: 773mg; CHO: 67mg; LOW-SODIUM DIETS: This recipe is not suitable.
Source: The Art of Cooking for the Diabetic by Mary Abbot Hess.R.D.,M.S. Brought to you and yours via Nancy O'Brion and her Meal-Master.
Servings: 6
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Important Note: This Chicken Chow Main
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diabetics and low carb diets solely because someone, somewhere,
decided to publish them as such. I am not qualified in medicine
or nutrition, so please use your own common sense when deciding
which are appropriate for your particular diet.
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