Main Dishes

Apple Chicken Stir-Fry

Ingredients:

1 pound cubed boneless, skinless, chicken breast
½ cup onion, vertically sliced
1 cup (2 medium) carrots, thinly sliced
1 ½ teaspoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon dried basil, crushed
1 cup fresh or frozen Chinese pea pods
1 tablespoon water
1 medium baking apple, cored and thinly sliced
1 tablespoon oil
2 cups cooked rice

Directions:

Stir-fry cubed chicken breast in 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in non-stick skillet until lightly browned and cooked. Remove from skillet. Stir-fry onion, carrots and basil in oil in same skillet until carrots are tender. Stir in pea pods and water; stir-fry 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in apple. Add to chicken, serve hot over cooked rice.

Servings:

4

This is an official 5 A Day recipe. This recipe is approved by the “5 A Day - For Better Health” Program because it provides at least one serving of fruit and/or vegetable per serving, and gets less than 30% of its calories from fat, less than 10% of its calories from saturated fat, has less than 100 mg of cholesterol and not more than 480 mg of sodium.

Approximate Nutritional Analysis (per serving):

calories, 365; fat, 9 g; cholesterol, 62 mg; sodium, 71 mg; fiber, 3 g; percent calories from fat, 22%.

Source:

Washington Apple Commission