Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Authentic Chinese Stir Fry

5.5 oz of chicken, beef or pork
1 Tbsp soy sauce (low sodium)
1 Tbsp Minced garlic
1 Tbsp Rice Wine (white wine for pork/beef, yellow wine for chicken)
1 tsp Ginger Powder
1/8 tsp sugar (use more for beef or pork)
1 tsp cornstarch
1/2 Tbsp olive oil
1/4 c chopped onion
2 straws chopped green onion
1/2 Tbsp garlic sauce
3 c chopped veggies (any 2-4:  bok choy, celery, snow peas, watercress, green pepper, mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage)


Directions:

Mix meat with soy sauce, garlic, rice wine, ginger, sugar and cornstarch in a bowl.  Heat olive oil in alarge pan to medium heat.  When hot, add chopped onion and let sizzle for a minute.  Then add meat.  When meat is browned a bit, add green onion.  Saute, moving meat around in pan for 3-5 minutes.  Meanwhile, separate veggies into two bowls.  One for leafy veggies, one for hard veggies.  Add garlic sauce, a little additional soy sauce, and a light sprinkle of powdered ginger to veggies.  Add hard veggies to pan first allowing them to soften a little.  Then add delicate veggies.  Mix in with meat and cook until slightly wilted.  Serve with rice.

Serves 1

Nutrition facts:
Calories:  243
Total fat:  8 g
Cholesterol:   0 mg
Sodium:  974 mg
Total carbs:  37 g
Fiber:  3.7 g
Protein 6.5 g