Chinese-Style Steamed Chicken

Ingredients:

• 4 (6-ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tsp minced fresh ginger
• 4 scallions, chopped
• 2 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1 (1-pound) head broccoli, cut into florets (3 1/2-4 cups)

Makes 4 Servings

1. Fill bottom part of steamer with 1 inch of water; bring to boil.
2. Toss chicken with garlic, ginger, scallions, soy sauce and red pepper flakes, coating breasts well. Place chicken in the steamer basket, pouring remaining soy sauce mixture over chicken. Lower basket into water container, reduce to a rapid simmer, and cover with a lid. Steam for 5 minutes.
3. Turn chicken breasts, add broccoli, cover, and continue steaming until chicken is cooked through and broccoli is tender, 5-6 minutes more. Serve hot.

WW POINTS VALUE: 4 pts

Note: This recipe appears in the South Beach Diet Quick & Easy Cookbook. This dish did not live up to my expectations. The chicken was tasteless and so was the broccoli but the broccoli was cooked perfectly. I loved the flavors of garlic, ginger, soy sauce scallions and red pepper flakes because they tastes like authentic Chinese flavors. I do recommend this dish but I reccomend marinating the chicken with the ingredients listed above for about 30 minutes and either grill the chicken or stir-fry the chicken and broccoli.