Cooking Recipes Articel

Chinese cooking can be very healthy as it contains low carb as well as low fat dishes. Today
I am sharing with you two low carb chinece recipes for chinese green beans and chinece lemon chicken
a classic in chinese cooking.

Low Carb Recipe of Chinese Green Beans

Ingredients:
1
pkg frozen green beans -- (16 ounce) 500g
1
pkt chicken broth -- dry crytals
1
bunch scallion
2
lg garlic bulb
1
tsp ground ginger
1
tsp splenda
1
tbsp peanut butter -- creamy
1
tsp sesame oil -- chinese

Directions:

In a 2-quart 2 litre microwave-safe casserole dish
combine green beans and broth granules. Cover and microwave on high for 4 minutes. Meanwhile
slice white bulbs of scallion into rings and mine garlic. In small bowl
combine ginger
soy sauce and SPLENDA. Add scallion rings and garlic. Set aside. Remove green beans from microwave and uncover. Pour sauce over beans and stir. Cover and microwave on high for 4 minutes. Stir in peanut butter and sesame oil until sauce coats the beans and serves immediately. Make 6 servings


Nutritional information
per serving (excluding unknown items):

52
Calories; 2g Fat (29.4% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 143mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain (Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 Vegetable; 0 Fat.



Low Carb Recipe of Lemon Chicken

Ingredients:
2
tablespoons Dry sherry
4
green (Spring) onions
chopped
1
Piece of root ginger
shredded
500
(1 pound) boned chicken
cut into 1 inch strips
2
Celery sticks
sliced
125
(4oz) button mushrooms
quartered
1
Green pepper
cored
seeded
and sliced
2
tablespoons Light soy sauce
Shredded rind of 2 lemons
A few lemon slices to garnish
2
tablespoons oil for stir-frying

Directions:

Put the sherry
spring onions and ginger in a bowl. Add the chicken
toss well to coat
then leave to marinate in the bowl for 15 minutes.

Heat the oil in a wok or frying pan. Add the celery
mushrooms
and the green pepper and stir-fry for one minute. Add the chicken and marinade
then cook for 3 minutes. Stir in the soy sauce and lemon rind then cook for a further minute.

To serve
pile into a warmed serving dish and garnish with lemon slices. Makes 4 to 6 servings. Preparation Time: 45 minutes

Nutritional information
per serving

294
Calories; 6g Fat (20.0% calories from fat); 53g Protein; 3g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 144mg Cholesterol; 346mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain (Starch); 7 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 0 Fat.