Chinese General Chicken - Ww Core

"This is a very tasty version of General Tso's chicken. If you are following Weight Watchers Core, the cornstarch is less than a half point per serving. On Flex, this is about 6 points per serving."
 
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photo by Jonathan Melendez photo by Jonathan Melendez
photo by Jonathan Melendez
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photo by Jonathan Melendez photo by Jonathan Melendez
photo by Jonathan Melendez photo by Jonathan Melendez
photo by Marg (CaymanDesigns) photo by Marg (CaymanDesigns)
Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cut chicken into 2 inch pieces.
  • In a small bowl, mix together chicken broth, cornstarch, Splenda, soy sauce, vinegar and ginger. Set aside.
  • Heat oil in skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add scallions, garlic and pepper. Cook 2 minutes, add chicken and cook until browned, about 5 more minutes.
  • Add sauce and simmer until sauce thickens and chicken is cooked through, about 3 minutes.
  • Serve chicken and sauce over rice.

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Reviews

  1. Good taste, but not like the General Tso we get at our local takeout place. I used sugar instead of Splenda since the recipe I had from the WW site called for sugar. I served it over steamed broccoli and white rice. A good, healthy chicken and rice dish that I'll make again.
     
  2. LOVED this recipe! Chinese food is one of my favorites, but this is even better than anything you can get in a restaurant -- AND it's super easy. Thanks for the great, healthy recipe!
     
  3. Everyone loved this. It wasn't exactly like the General's Chicken that we know from the restaurant but it was a wonderful light sauce. I was going to cook up some frozen Asian style veggies on the side but decided to pour them in since I felt like I had extra sauce on hand (I doubled or maybe trip IDK but I ended up with LOTS of sauce) and I am glad I did because it was great. Some brown rice on the side made this the perfect meal that even my non-weight watching family enjoyed. Thanks for posting.
     
  4. Excellent flavor! Next time I'm going to throw some veggie in. I did use pheasant breast instead of chicken and ended up adding about 1/2 cup of water to thin out the sauce. Mine thicken up instantly when it hit the pan and became a thick blob of meat. Adding the water made it perfect. It didn't take away from the nice strong flavor either. I also cut the recipe in half. Thanks for posting. :)
     
  5. Made this tonight. Iam following COre PLAN. Whole family loved it especially my 4-year old~ "Mom, this is DELICIOUS". Made it exactly as recipe states. Will make again!
     
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Tweaks

  1. I added one head of broccoli, chopped into bite sized pieces, right when I added the chicken. It was a nice addition.
     
  2. Very good recipe! I subbed rice wine vinegar for the white wine vinegar, otherwise followed exactly, with great results. It doesn't taste anything like General Tso's, which I'm assuming by the name it's going for, but it's a great dish nonethless. Thanks for posting.
     
  3. Excellent flavor! Next time I'm going to throw some veggie in. I did use pheasant breast instead of chicken and ended up adding about 1/2 cup of water to thin out the sauce. Mine thicken up instantly when it hit the pan and became a thick blob of meat. Adding the water made it perfect. It didn't take away from the nice strong flavor either. I also cut the recipe in half. Thanks for posting. :)
     

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