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Recipe tags: Asian, Chicken, Chinese, Crock Pot, Easy
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Meats and seafood

My Favorite Sweet and Sour Chicken

DietType - Dialysis

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

  1. Put chicken pieces in a crock pot and sprinkle with the salt and garlic powder.
  2. 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. 
  3. 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. 
  4. 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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Page last updated on: April 14, 2008
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  Laura G. says:

My family liked this.

Reviewed: Apr. 04, 2009, 10:50 AM  -  Inappropriate review?   
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  serena l. says:

I made this for my family and we all really enjoyed it. I didn't have green peppers but I think I will add those and red pepper and pineapple next time I make this. I will make this again.

Reviewed: May. 24, 2008, 4:41 PM  -  Inappropriate review?   
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