Chinese Chicken And Broccoli

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 24 ounces boneless skinless chicken breasts, butterflied and lightly pounded
• 1 head broccoli, cut up
• 3 tablespoons garlic, minced
• 3 tablespoons ginger, minced
• 1/2 cup scallion, chopped
• 2 teaspoons safflower oil
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
• 1 cup dried shiitake mushroom
• 2 cups water
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch

Recipe

• 1 soak the shiitake mushrooms in a bowl of warm water till pliable and soft, 20 minutes.
• 2 remove them straining the soaking water through a sieve or cheese cloth and reserving.
• 3 slice up the mushrooms and reserve.
• 4 slice up the chicken into thin pieces and coat with 1 tablespoons soy sauce, the sesame oil, and 2 tablespoons cornstarch.
• 5 allow the chicken to marinate for 20 minutes.
• 6 in a heated wok or large saute pan, add the safflower oil and briefly fry the chicken strips.
• 7 add the ginger and garlic and toss together coating evenly.
• 8 add the broccoli and 1/2 of the shiitake water to the pan and cover steaming for 5 minutes until the broccoli is cooked.
• 9 add the scallions and remaining soy sauce to the pan and cook 1 minute longer.
• 10 the resulting dish is one that is high in flavor and low in carbohydrates. to lower the carbs further, the cornstarch can be omitted. this will result in more of a broth as opposed to a sauce.
• 11 delicious!