Sweet and Sour Glazed Chicken - 7 PointsPlus

So, I am not trying to make everyone hungry while reading this, but I have gotten out my Weight Watcher cookbooks and scoured the WW website for delicious recipes.

I have really wanted Asian food since I started WW, and that's pretty much a no-no unless you get steamed veggies. Well, I can go buy frozen stir-fry veggies and steam those. That's not ASIAN! I found this Sweet and Sour Chicken recipe. It looked interested. 7 PointsPlus per serving (1 cup and generous!) + brown rice makes the total for 1/2 cup rice & 1 cup chicken = 12. Not bad for a dinner. The chicken was good enough to eat without the rice. I just like rice--duh, it's Asian!

Here's the WONDERFUL recipe I made:

1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces
4 t cornstarch
4 t low-sodium soy sauce
1/4 C ketchup
3 T honey
2 T rice vinegar
2 t Asian (dark) sesame oil
2 t grated peeled fresh ginger
1 green bell pepper, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 onion, chopped
1 (8-ounce) can pineapple chunks in juice, drained and juice reserved

1. Combine chicken, 2 t cornstarch, and 2 t soy sauce in bowl; toss to coat chicken.
2. Stir ketchup, honey, vinegar, reserved pineapple juice, 2 t cornstarch, and 2 t soy sauce in a small bowl until blended.
3. Heat 1 t sesame oil in large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook stirring often, until the chick is lihgly browned (4-5 minutes). Transfer to plate.
4. Heat 1 t sesame oil in the same skillet; add the ginger. Cook ginger for about 30 seconds or until fragrant -- stir constantly!
5. Add the bell pepper and onion to the skillet. Cook until softened (2-3 minutes) stirring often.
6. Stir in the chicken and pineapple and cook 2 minutes longer.
7. Stir in the ketchup mixture, and cook on high heat, stirring constantly until the mixture comes to a boil and thickens (about 1-2 minutes -- I cooked it longer.)

Nutritional Information:
Servings = 4
Calories = 294
Fat = 6 g
Saturated Fat = 1 g
Trans Fat = 0 g
Cholesterol = 70 mg
Sodium = 412 mg
Carbohydrates = 33 g
Fiber = 2 g
Protein = 27 g
Calcium = 35 mg

Weight Watchers PointsPlus value of 7 per one cup serving!