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Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 8 boneless skinless chicken thighs
• 2 cups chopped onion
• 5 minced garlic cloves
• 6 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons water
• 3 tablespoons white vinegar
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 cups cooked rice

Directions:

1. Heat oil over medium high heat.
2. Add chicken to pan and brown on each side.
3. Remove chicken and set aside.
4. Add onion to pan and cook until translucent.
5. While cooking, combine soy sauce, water, vinegar, honey, pepper and bay leaf.
6. Add garlic and cook for one minute, stirring frequently.
7. Return chicken to pan.
8. Add soy sauce mixture to pan.
9. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to medium.
10. Cover and cook for 10 minutes or until chicken is done.
11. Remove cover, remove chicken and set aside.
12. Reduce and thicken sauce.
13. Discard bay leaf.
14. Serve over rice.

• Servings:  4 (2 thighs + 6 tablespoons of sauce)

• Calories: 485
• Fat: 15g
• Fiber: 2g

Ingredients:

• 8 ounces skinless boneless chicken thighs, cut into bite sized pieces
• 3/4 cup (1/4 inch) diagonally cut celery
• 1/2 cup (1/4 inch) diagonally cut carrot
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
• 3 parsley sprigs
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 2 1/4 ounces all purpose flour (~1/2 cup)
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 cup 1% low fat milk

Directions:

1. Heat a large saucepan over medium high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray.
2. Add chicken to pan and cook 4 minutes, browning on all sides. Remove chicken and keep warm.
3. Add celery, carrots, onion, thyme, parsley sprigs, and bay leaf to the pan & saute 5 minutes or until onion is tender.
4. Return chicken to pan and cook 1 minute.
5. Add broth to pan and bring to boil.
6. Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
7. Combine flour, chopped parsley, baking powder, and salt.
8. Add milk, stirring until just moist.
9. Spoon heaping teaspoons into broth.
10. Cover and simmer 10 minutes or until dumplings are done.
11. Discard parsley sprigs and bay leaf.

Note: The dumplings are not the best but the chicken and broth mixture are very good.

• Servings: 2 (2 cups each)

• Calories: 285
• Fat: 5g
• Fiber: 3g

• WW Points: 5

This is from one of A’s co-workers. Very tasty, though it is was provided without proportions. This is how we made is.

Ingredients:

• 2lb boneless skinless chicken thighs
• 4 cups low sodium chicken broth
• 8 whole peppercorns
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
• 2 cloves minced garlic
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1lb green beans, cut into bite sized pieces
• 3 carrots, cut into bite sized pieces
• 1 broccoli stalk, cut into bite sized pieces
• 1 cup sliced Chinese cabbage
• one package rice noodles

Directions:

1. Boil chicken thighs in broth with peppercorns, bay leaf and soy sauce until cooked.
2. Remove chicken thighs from broth and cut into bite sized pieces. Reserve broth. Set aside chicken.
3. Stir fry garlic & onions until thoroughly cooked.
4. Add chicken and cook to allow flavors to mingle.
5. Boil vegetables in broth until cooked but still firm. Remove from liquid.
6. Soak noodles in boiling water until soft enough to cut. Add to broth and cook.
7. When noodles are cooked, combine with vegetables & chicken.