Heart-Healthy Wok-Seared Chicken Tenders with Asparagus & Pistachios

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Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
  • 1 1/2 pounds fresh asparagus, tough ends trimmed, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 pound chicken tenders, cut into bite-size pieces
  • 4 scallions, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
  • 1 tablespoon oyster-flavored sauce
  • 1 teaspoon chile-garlic sauce*
  • 1/4 cup shelled salted pistachios, coarsely chopped

Directions

  1. Heat oil in a wok or large skillet over high heat.
  2. Add asparagus; cook, stirring, for 2 minutes.
  3. Add chicken; cook, stirring, for 4 minutes.
  4. Stir in scallions, ginger, oyster sauce and chile-garlic sauce; cook, stirring, until the chicken is juicy and just cooked through, 1 to 2 minutes more.
  5. Stir in pistachios and serve immediately.

Nutrition information 

Serving size: 1 1/4 cups

Per serving: 224 calories; 10 g fat(2 g sat); 3 g fiber; 8 g carbohydrates; 27 g protein; 142 mcg folate; 63 mg cholesterol; 2 g sugars; 0 g added sugars; 1070 IU; vitamin A 10 mg vitamin C; 51 mg calcium; 2 mg iron; 278 mg sodium; 510 mg potassium

*Find chile-garlic sauce in the Asian food section of most grocery stores.

Recipe originally appeared in: EatingWell Magazine, April/May 2005

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