Chinese General Chicken - Ww Core

Submitted by CoreChick

"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."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons Splenda granular, artificial sweetener
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 2 medium scallions, chopped
• 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
• 1⁄2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
• 2 cups cooked brown rice

directions

1. Cut chicken into 2 inch pieces.
2. In a small bowl, mix together chicken broth, cornstarch, Splenda, soy sauce, vinegar and ginger. Set aside.
3. 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.
4. Add sauce and simmer until sauce thickens and chicken is cooked through, about 3 minutes.
5. Serve chicken and sauce over rice.

Reviews

[Marg (CaymanDesigns)]

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.

 

[buckeyegirl7]

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!

 

[Ilysse]

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.

 

[teresas]

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. :)

 

[wendyscott96]

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!