Biggest Loser Delicious Chicken Salad |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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This flavorful chicken salad wrapped in fresh lettuce leaves helps keep calories in check. From The Biggest Loser Cookbook. Ingredients:
source: http://www.weightwatchers-recipes.net/biggest-loser-recipes.html |
1 can (8 ounces) bamboo shoots, drained and minced |
1 can (8 ounces) water chestnuts, drained and minced |
3 tablespoons sherry |
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce |
1 tablespoon unsalted freshly ground peanut butter or reduced-fat peanut butter |
2 teaspoons low-sodium soy sauce |
2 teaspoons hot-pepper sauce |
2 packets (.035 ounce each) sugar substitute (such as splenda) |
1 tablespoon minced garlic |
1 cup minced onion |
1/2 pound ground chicken breast |
2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger |
1/4 teaspoon salt |
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil |
8 small leaves butter lettuce |
1 whole green onion, chopped |
1 small cucumber, seeded and sliced into 1 strips |
Directions:
1. In a medium bowl, combine the bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, sherry, hoisin sauce,
2. peanut butter, soy sauce, hot-pepper sauce, and sugar substitute. Mix well. Set aside.
3. Mist a large, nonstick skillet with olive oil spray and set over medium heat. Add the garlic
4. and cook for 2 minutes, or until fragrant. Add the onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 to 4
5. minutes, or until tender and just starting to brown. Increase the heat to medium-high. Add
6. the chicken, ginger, and salt. Cook, breaking the chicken into small chunks, for 3 to 4
7. minutes, or until no longer pink. Add the reserved bamboo shoot mixture. Cook for 2
8. minutes, or until hot. Stir in the sesame oil. Remove the pan from the heat. Spoon the
9. chicken mixture, evenly divided, into the lettuce leaves. Set on a serving dish. Top with
10. green onion and cucumber. Serve immediately.
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