Cooked & Loved· by Irena Macri★ 5.0 (12)

Healthy Mongolian Chicken

Name: Healthy Mongolian Chicken
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: chinese
Ingredients: ⅓ cup Tamari sauce; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 1 tablespoon fish sauce; 2 tablespoons honey; 3 prunes (pitted, chopped finely); 1 teaspoon tomato paste; ½ teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder; 3 tablespoons lemon juice; ¼ cup water; 4 garlic cloves (grated or finely diced, crushed); 1 teaspoon grated ginger (thumb-size knob or use minced ginger); ½ long red chilli (sliced finely (seeds removed)); 3 green onions (cut into 1-2” long pieces (save the greenest ends for garnish)); 1 carrot (cut into thirds and then sliced into thin strips); 1 celery rib (sliced into thin strips); ½ red bell pepper (sliced into thin strips); 1 lb chicken breast (450-500 grams, sliced into thin strips); ¼ cup tapioca flour (or cornflour or regular flour); ½ teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon pepper (white pepper is ideal); Oil for cooking (macadamia or coconut are best); 1 zucchini per person for spiralized zoodles (or regular rice)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 45m total

Servings

Calories

16% of a 2,000 cal day

310KCAL

Protein

31g61% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat8g

11%

Saturated1g

Unsaturated7g

—

Total Carbs31g

11%

Fiber3g

12%

Total Sugars17g

—

incl. Added Sugars9g

18%

Starch11g

—

Sodium2090mg

91%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

This healthy Mongolian chicken is based on the classic Chinese takeout favorite but is free of gluten, grains, MSG and refined sugar. Served over zucchini noodles, it makes for a tasty, nutritious meal. This recipe is paleo-friendly.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

⅓ cupTamari sauce
2 tspsesame oil
1 tbspfish sauce
2 tbsphoney
3prunes — pitted, finely chopped
1 tsptomato paste
½ tspChinese five-spice powder — powdered
3 tbsplemon juice
¼ cupwater
4garlic cloves — crushed, grated or finely diced
1 tspgrated ginger
½long red chilli — seeds removed, finely sliced
3green onions
1carrot
1celery rib — sliced into thin strips
½red bell pepper — sliced into thin strips
1 lbchicken breast — sliced into thin strips, 450–500 g
¼ cuptapioca flour — or cornflour or regular flour
½ tspsalt
¼ tsppepper — preferred
macadamia oil — for cooking, preferred, or coconut oil
1zucchini — spiralized, or regular rice

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Method

45m total

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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