Low Carb Moo Shu Chicken Recipe

Make this Low Carb Moo Shu Chicken Recipe at home and have a tasty Chinese meal without added sugar.

Enjoy!

 

Ingredients:

• Marinade:
• 3 Tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
• ½ teaspoon Chinese Five Spice powder
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• Stir-fry:
• 1 lb. chicken breasts cut into stirps
• 2 medium stalks celery, thinly sliced
• 3 cloves crushed garlic
• 1 Tablespoon grated fresh ginger
• 6 oz. fresh shitake mushrooms, sliced into ½-inch strips
• 1 cup sliced green onion
• 4 cups sliced cabbage
• 8 oz. bean sprouts (mung beans are good, or any type intended for stir-frying)
• 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 Tablespoon oil

Preparation:

1. Mix together marinade ingredients, add chicken, and mix to coat.

2. Prepare vegetables, and grate ginger and garlic so everything will be ready.

3. Heat large skillet on medium-high heat with vegetable or olive oil. When the oil is hot, add the chicken, and stir-fry until just cooked through, probably 3 to 4 minutes depending upon how thick you cut the chicken. Remove chicken from pan.

4. Add the sesame oil, then the celery, ginger, and garlic. Saute for one minute.

5. Add the vegetables in the following order, stir-frying for 1 to 2 minutes after each addition: mushrooms, onions, cabbage, bean sprouts.

6. Add the soy sauce and the chicken. Toss to combine.

7. Serve with no sugar added plum sauce.

Makes 4 servings.

Nutritional Information: Each serving has 10 grams of effective carbs,  plus 4 grams fiber, 31 grams protein, 8 grams fat and 284 calories.