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Healthified Spicy Ginger Chicken

Healthified Spicy Ginger Chicken
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93% less sat fat • 44% fewer calories than the original recipe. Hungry? Now you can fill up on fresh, tasty chicken without filling out.
Prep Time:20 min
Start to Finish:3 hr 20 min
makes:6 Servings
12chicken drumsticks and/or thighs (2.5 to 3 pounds total), skinned
214.5-ounce cans Muir Glen® No-Salt-Added Diced Tomatoes
2tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca
1tablespoon grated fresh ginger
1tablespoon snipped fresh cilantro or parsley
4cloves garlic, minced
2teaspoons packed brown sugar
1/2teaspoon salt
1/2teaspoon crushed red pepper
3cups hot cooked whole grain couscous
2tablespoons snipped fresh parsley
1.Place chicken pieces in a 3 1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker.
2.Drain tomatoes, reserving juice from one can. For sauce, in a medium bowl combine tomatoes and the reserved juice, the tapioca, ginger, cilantro, garlic, brown sugar, salt, and crushed red pepper. Pour sauce over chicken.
3.Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 6 to 7 hours or on high-heat setting for 3 to 3 1/2 hours. Skim fat from sauce. Serve chicken and sauce with hot cooked couscous in shallow bowls. Sprinkle with parsley.
Nutritional Information
1 Serving: Calories 280 (Calories from Fat 40); Total Fat 4g (Saturated Fat 1g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 80mg; Sodium 330mg; Total Carbohydrate 35g (Dietary Fiber 6g, Sugars 6g); Protein 27g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 16%; Vitamin C 25%; Calcium 6%; Iron 15% Exchanges: 2 Starch; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 1/2 Vegetable; 3 Very Lean Meat Carbohydrate Choices: 2 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
 
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Delicious and Easy
Very simple and delicious receipe; I double the amount of crushed red pepper, my family loved it.
Posted at 4:50 PM on January 23 2012 by HeadCookandMOM
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Hearty and delicious!
I made this dish for a get together last night. Since I didn't have cans of dished tomatoes, I substituted one can of crushed tomatoes and the results were amazing. I served it with brown rice and everyone at the dinner party raved about the complex flavors in the dish. This dish is a winner and so easy to make.
Posted at 2:06 PM on October 31 2011 by rena8125
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nummy
this dish is great!
Posted at 3:14 PM on March 16 2011 by
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SPICY GINGER CHICKEN
GREAT I USE BONELESS CHICKEN BREAST or CUTLETS BETTER WITHOUT THE BONES LOVE THE GINGER ALSO TRY IT WITH BROWN RICE
Posted at 4:21 PM on March 2 2011 by CLASSYLADYLO
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Very good
I left out the tapioca, cause I didnt have any, but the result was still amazing. I doubled the ginger
Posted at 2:39 PM on April 20 2010 by queen_merla
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sound good, will try
Posted at 2:20 PM on January 28 2010 by
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