Ginger-Peanut Chicken-Salad Wraps

garimac
garimac Posts: 174
edited September 18 in Recipes
Just found this in cooking light, it looks good and i am going to try it this weekend.:bigsmile:


Ingredients
1 teaspoon olive oil
6 (4-ounce) skinned, boned chicken breast halves
1 cup chopped seeded peeled cucumber
3/4 cup chopped red bell pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
1 garlic clove, crushed
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
2 tablespoons water
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
8 (8-inch) fat-free flour tortillas
4 cups chopped romaine lettuce


Preparation
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 5 minutes on each side or until done. Remove the chicken from pan; cool. Shred the chicken into bite-size pieces. Place chicken, cucumber, and bell pepper in a large bowl; set aside.
Place sugar and the next 6 ingredients (sugar through garlic) in a blender, and process until smooth. Add peanut butter and water; process until smooth, scraping sides. Add peanut butter mixture to chicken mixture; stir well. Add cilantro, and toss well. Warm tortillas according to package directions. Spoon 1/2 cup chicken mixture onto each tortilla; top each serving with 1/2 cup lettuce, and roll up.

Yield
8 servings (serving size: 1 wrap)

Nutritional Information
CALORIES 280(19% from fat); FAT 5.9g (sat 1.1g,mono 2.7g,poly 1.6g); PROTEIN 25.8g; CHOLESTEROL 49mg; CALCIUM 29mg; SODIUM 572mg; FIBER 2.4g; IRON 2.5mg; CARBOHYDRATE 30.5g

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  • garimac
    garimac Posts: 174
    Just found this in cooking light, it looks good and i am going to try it this weekend.:bigsmile:


    Ingredients
    1 teaspoon olive oil
    6 (4-ounce) skinned, boned chicken breast halves
    1 cup chopped seeded peeled cucumber
    3/4 cup chopped red bell pepper
    1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
    1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
    3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
    1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
    1 garlic clove, crushed
    1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
    2 tablespoons water
    3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
    8 (8-inch) fat-free flour tortillas
    4 cups chopped romaine lettuce


    Preparation
    Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 5 minutes on each side or until done. Remove the chicken from pan; cool. Shred the chicken into bite-size pieces. Place chicken, cucumber, and bell pepper in a large bowl; set aside.
    Place sugar and the next 6 ingredients (sugar through garlic) in a blender, and process until smooth. Add peanut butter and water; process until smooth, scraping sides. Add peanut butter mixture to chicken mixture; stir well. Add cilantro, and toss well. Warm tortillas according to package directions. Spoon 1/2 cup chicken mixture onto each tortilla; top each serving with 1/2 cup lettuce, and roll up.

    Yield
    8 servings (serving size: 1 wrap)

    Nutritional Information
    CALORIES 280(19% from fat); FAT 5.9g (sat 1.1g,mono 2.7g,poly 1.6g); PROTEIN 25.8g; CHOLESTEROL 49mg; CALCIUM 29mg; SODIUM 572mg; FIBER 2.4g; IRON 2.5mg; CARBOHYDRATE 30.5g
  • MIDGEKIN
    MIDGEKIN Posts: 113
    Sounds great!! Do you think it would be the same if you replaced the sugar with Splenda?
  • garimac
    garimac Posts: 174
    Its not much sugar, so i think that would be fine.
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