Skinny Orange Chicken

All the goodness of take out made in your own kitchen with a healthy spin. This Skinny Orange Chicken has tender bites of chicken bursting with sweet and tangy orange, ginger, and other Asian flavors and will leave you satisfied. Better than take out!

Course Main Course

Cuisine Chinese

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 20

Total Time 40

Servings

Calories 418kcal

Author Chellie Schmitz

Ingredients

1 head green cabbage finely sliced or cole slaw mix

For the chicken

2 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite size pieces
3/4 cup Trim Healthy Mama baking blend for substitution see notes
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
2 tsp Truvia (or stevia based sweetener)
5 tbsp coconut oil

For the sauce

1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
2 tbps Truvia (or stevia based sweetener)
3 tbsp rice vinegar
1/4 cup water
2 tbsp toasted sesame oil
3 green onions, diced
2 tsp orang extract
1/2 tsp gluccomannan see recipe notes

Instructions

Place the chicken in a 9x13 inch pan.
Mix the baking blend, salt, pepper and sweetener in a small bowl and sprinkle over the chicken. Stir to coat evenly.
Mix the suace ingredients except the gluccomannan in a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer. Sprinkle in the gluccomannan while whisking to desired thickness.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat and add the chicken pieces. You may need to cook it in batches to brown evenly. Cook the chicken approximately 10 minutes, or until done.
Add the sauce to the chicken and stir to coat. Serve over sliced cabbage.

Notes

You can substitute a gluten free high fiber baking blend in place of the Trim Healthy Mama blend. See the post for more info on that.

Gluccomannan is a thickening agent that comes from the konjac root that is actually really good for you. Buy it at your health food store, or online. If you don't want to bother, cornstarch will substitute just fine, but you'll need more. If you do use cornstarch you'll need to make a slurry (mix with a little cold water) in order to thicken the sauce.

Truvia is probably my favorite natural sweetener alternative. I'm very picky and have done my research. I'll use straight stevia or Truvia or one of the Trim Healthy Mama brand sweeteners. In my opinion Truvia is the easiest to use.

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