Thursday, July 8, 2010

Recipes 6 and 7: Thai Chicken (Weight Watchers) and Asian Salad (Biggest Loser Collection)




These recipes were a hit! Thai Chicken with Asian Salad and a side of white rice...just because my hubby loves it so......





HE GAVE DINNER A 5!!! Yay!





Thai Chicken Thighs
Weight Watchers Recipe
Serves 4



8 chicken thighs (about 2 lbs), skin removed
1/2 cup chicken stock
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
2 tbsp lime juice
1 hot chili pepper, seeded and finely chopped or 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
2 tsp minced fresh ginger root of 1 tsp ground ginger
1/4 cup chopped peanuts or cashews
chopped fresh cilantro
1. Place chicken thighs in slow cooker. In a bowl combine stock, peanut butter, soy sauce, cilantro, lime juice, chili pepper, and ginger. Mix well and pour sauce over chicken.
2. Cover and cook on Low for 6-8 hours, until juices run clear when chicken is pierced with a fork.
3. Serve garnished with chopped peanuts and additional fresh cilantro.





Asian Salad


Biggest Loser Pocket Cookbook


4 oz. green cabbage thinly sliced


4 oz. red cabbage thinly sliced


1 cup grated carrot


1 red pepper sliced julienne style

2 tbsp chopped cilantro


1/2 cup asian dressing ( I used Newmans Own Lowfat Sesame Ginerger- 35 calories per 2 tbsp)

Toss well

Yum... the salad was 6 servings...but only 60 calories per 1 cup.....yum

3 comments:

  1. Was the Thai chicken spicy!! It looks and sounds great!!!
    BTW It's Cheryl

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  2. Hi Cheryl,

    The Thai chicken was not spicy however you could add additional cayenne pepper or none at all if you prefer and I am sure if I had used the fresh chili pepper it may have been spicier but I try to cook all recipes so that Lil H will eat them as well.

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  3. Thanks.. That is what I was curious about. I won't eat spicy and neither will L. I am gonna try this one. I will let you know how it comes out!

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