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Sweet and sour chicken is a delicious and wildly popular dish found in most Chinese restaurants. With this easy recipe you can make sweet and sour chicken at home. It’s delicious and a real family pleaser.

Low Calorie Sweet and Sour Chicken recipe – 185 calories

Ingredients:
2 large boneless chicken breasts, in strips
2 tablespoons cornstarch
3 tablespoons sugar
1 (6 ounce) can pineapple juice
1/8 teaspoon pepper
3 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 cup onion, chopped
1 large carrot, sliced
1 1/2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 medium zucchini, sliced1/2 inch thick
1/2 medium green pepper, cut into strips
1/2 medium sweet red pepper, cut into strips
1 (8 ounce) can unsweetened pineapple tidbits, drained
cooked rice

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The Cobb salad is a main-dish garden salad that was invented in the 1930s at the Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant. It is named for the restaurant’s owner, Robert Howard Cobb. The story says that Cobb had not eaten until near midnight, so he mixed together whatever leftovers he found in the kitchen, along with some bacon, and tossed it with some French dressing, and that is how the Cobb salad was born.

Cobb Salad recipe – 173 calories

Ingredients:
8 slices bacon, cooked, drained and crumbled
1 head lettuce, shredded
3 eggs, boiled and chopped
3 cups cooked chicken meat, chopped
3/4 cup blue cheese, crumbled
2 tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1 1/2 cups chopped green onions
1 avocado, pitted and diced
1 (8 ounce) ranch dressing
freshly ground pepper, to taste

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What a wonderful chicken soup recipe! It’s so quick and easy to put together, and the balance of flavors is just fantastic. If you love spicy Asian food you MUST try this recipe!

Vietnamese Chicken Soup recipe – 163 calories

Ingredients:
8 ounces boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 ounce cellophane noodles
1 tablespoon peanut oil
2 teaspoons minced ginger
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 tablespoons fish sauce
28 ounces chicken broth
2 tablespoons chopped green onions
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil

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If you liked our Greek Avgolemono soup recipe, you will love this lemony chicken soup! It’s yummy and comforting, just perfect for this cold weather.

This soup does not form drops like egg drop soup because you stir in the eggs. If you want drops, just don’t stir the eggs.

Lemony Chicken Soup recipe – 110 calories

Ingredients:
4 cups chicken, cooked and cut up
1 cup rice, raw
5 chicken bouillon cubes
5 cups chicken broth
3 carrots, sliced
1 large onion, chopped
3 eggs
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons oregano
salt and pepper, to taste

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Mango and Red Pepper Chicken recipe – 141 calories

Ingredients:
2 pieces of thinly sliced chicken
1 mango, diced
1 garlic clove, minced
1 red pepper
1-2 teaspoons olive oil
1 tablespoon rum
2 teaspoons basil (for the chicken)
2 teaspoons chili powder (for the chicken)
1 teaspoon cinnamon or 1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon hot sauce or 1 teaspoon chili powder (for the sauce)
salt and pepper, to taste

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