Meats and seafood
My Favorite Sweet and Sour Chicken
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Recipe modified from SouthernFood.About.com and submitted by DaVita renal dietitian Angie from Indiana.
Portions: 4
Serving size: one piece of chicken plus 1/2-cup rice
Ingredients
- 4 chicken pieces (2 leg quarters, 2 breast halves)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- one 6-ounce can frozen lemonade concentrate
- 3 tablespoons light brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 cup green bell pepper, sliced
- 1/4 cup onion, cubed
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons cold water
- 2 cups cooked white rice
Preparation
- Put chicken pieces in a crock pot and sprinkle with the salt and garlic powder.
- In a small bowl, combine lemonade concentrate, brown sugar, ketchup and vinegar. Pour over chicken. Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 4-1/2 hours.
- Add bell pepper slices and cubed onion. Cover and continue cooking on low for 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 hours longer. Remove chicken and vegetables to a serving dish; cover and keep warm. Pour juices from crock pot into a saucepan. Combine cornstarch with cold water; stir into juices. Cook, stirring over medium heat, until thick and bubbly.
- Serve sauce over chicken, along with white rice.
Nutrients per serving
- Calories: 596
- Protein: 40 g
- Carbohydrate: 73 g
- Fat: 16 g
- Cholesterol: 116 mg
- Sodium: 441 mg
- Potassium: 427 mg
- Phosphorus: 271 mg
- Calcium: 38 mg
- Fiber: 1.2 g
Renal Food Choices
- 4 meat
- 1/2 vegetable, low potassium
- 2 starch
- 2 high calorie
Carbohydrate Choices
- 5
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