Sunshine Citrus Chicken
This Sunshine Citrus Chicken Recipe is a healthy choice with lean chicken breast and a nutritional boost from spinach and citrus.
Servings: 4 Servings
Calories: 233kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ½ boneless chicken breast cut in bite-size pieces
- salt and pepper
- 3 egg whites
- ⅓ cup corn starch
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 green onions chopped (green and light green parts only)
- 3 cups fresh spinach leaves large stems removed, roughly chopped
- 3 clementines/small tangerines segments cut in half
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoon sesame seeds
Instructions
- Prepare sauce: Mix soy sauce honey and vinegar in a small bowl. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk egg whites and cornstarch together.
- Add chicken to the bowl, season with salt and pepper and toss until coated.
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a nonstick skillet on medium/high.
- Add half of the chicken and cook 6-8 minutes or until golden and cooked through.
- Remove to a plate and repeat the process with the remaining oil and the other half of the chicken.
- Move all the chicken back to the skillet, add in garlic, onion, spinach and clementines.
- Continue cooking and stirring until spinach is wilted.
- Stir in sauce and heat through.
- Sprinkle sesame seeds on top before serving.
Notes
Serve with brown rice.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 233kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 656mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 17g
