Recipe: Aloha Chicken

ALOHA CHICKEN

2 1/2 pounds chicken pieces, skinned
2 low sodium chicken bouillon cubes
1 tablespoon margarine
1 cup green pepper, diced (1 medium pepper)
1 cup radishes, thinly sliced
1 cup pineapple chunks, canned, packed in juice, unsweetened
1/2 cup juice from pineapple
1 teaspoon light soy sauce
2 tablespoons flour
1 dash pepper
4 1/2 cups cooked rice
chow mein noodles (optional)

Simmer the chicken in water with bouillon cubes. Remove meat from bones and cut into chunks. Save 1 cup of chicken broth.

While chicken is cooking, melt margarine in frying pan or wok and saute the radishes, green peppers, and pineapple until crisp tender, but not brown. (Put rice on to cook.)

Mix 1 cup saved chicken broth with 1/2 cup pineapple juice and 1 tsp. soy sauce. Add to pan.

Mix flour with 1 tablespoon cold water and stir to remove lumps. Add to vegetables. Add cut up chicken and a dash of pepper, and cook until everything is hot.

Serve over rice. If desired, sprinkle chow mein noodles on top.

Servings: 6
(Portion is 3/4 cup mixture served over 3/4 cup cooked rice)

Nutrients per serving: Calories 320, fat 7g, cholesterol 58mg, carbohydrate 39g, sodium 314mg.

Exchanges: Bread 2 1/2, Meat 2.

Source: There Is Life After Lettuce: Delicious Recipes for Heart Patients, Diabetics, Dieters, and Everyone Else by Pepper Durcholz, Alberta Gentry, and Carolyn Williams