A picture may be worth a thousand words, but this one needs only four – delicious, nutritious, filling and fast!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons dry sherry
- 1 tablespoon salt-reduced soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons caster sugar
- Olive oil spray
- 400g chicken breast fillets, thinly sliced
- 1 red onion, cut into thin wedges
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 teaspoons sambal oelek
- 400g pumpkin, peeled, deseeded, thinly sliced
- 80ml (1/3 cup) water
- 300g broccoli, trimmed, cut into florets
- Steamed white rice, to serve
Method
- Step 1Place the sherry, soy sauce and sugar in a bowl. Stir until the sugar dissolves.
- Step 2Heat a wok or large non-stick frying pan over high heat. Spray with olive oil spray. Add half the chicken and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes or until golden. Transfer to a plate. Repeat with remaining chicken.
- Step 3Spray wok with olive oil spray. Add the onion. Stir-fry for 1-2 minutes. Add garlic and sambal oelek. Stir-fry for 1 minute. Add the pumpkin and water. Stir-fry for 3 minutes or until pumpkin is almost tender. Add broccoli. Stir-fry for 2 minutes or until broccoli is bright green and tender crisp.
- Step 4Add the chicken and sherry mixture to the pumpkin mixture. Stir-fry for 1 minute or until chicken is heated through. Serve immediately with steamed rice.
- Low fat
- Low kilojoule
- Lower gi
Nutrition
1600 kj
Energy
4.5g
Fat Total
1g
Saturated Fat
6.5g
Fibre
32g
Protein
50g
Carbs (total)
All nutrition values are per serve
Notes
Cook’s tip: To ensure tender-crisp broccoli, check the liquid after cooking the pumpkin – if it has evaporated too much, add a little extra water.
- Author: Chrissy Freer
- Image credit: Mark O'Meara
- Publication: Australian Good Taste
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