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Bamboo Steaming
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Bamboo Steaming

Recipes »  Main Dish  »  Casseroles

6 WWs points per serving, excluding marinade

A bamboo steamer makes for a quick and easy meal, and is great for us perpetual dieters. The marinade will impart flavor that might be missing if we merely steamed.

Cuisine: ChineseMain Ingredient: Chicken and Shrimp

(4, 1) 100% would make again (reviews)

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Ingredients

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 2
5 Dried Shitake Mushrooms
2 4 ounceskinless and boneless chicken breasts
1/2 poundLarge shrimp
1 green onion; (spring onion, scallion), sliced, and divided
Your favorite marinade
1 cupRice; cooked

Bamboo Steaming Preparation

Soak the dried mushrooms in a bowl of warm water for 20 minutes, or until they have softened. Squeeze out the excess water, and slice thin. You may use any dried mushrooms you choose.

Chop the chicken into bite-sized pieces.

Place in a heatproof bowl and add the marinade. Allow to marinate while bringing water to a boil for steaming (or longer if desired).

Place the bowl in a bamboo steamer in a WOK (or a deep pot if you don't have a WOK).

Sprinkle with 1/2 the green onions (scallions)

Repeat with the shrimp and shitakes, adding the rest of the green onion. Place on the second (top) rack in the steamer

Cover the steamer

Steam the over rapidly boiling water for 15 - 20 minutes, Watch that the water doesn''t completely evaporate. Add more water as needed.

If the shrimp are done before the chicken, remove from the steamer and keep covered until the chicken is done.

Serve over rice

Notes

A sharp cleaver will make quick work of chopping up the chicken and other ingredients.

This is a great way for dieters to cut the fat and calories, while still enjoying a tasty meal

Add any type of vegetables you like (i.e. green beans, asparagus, cabbage)

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  • Bamboo Steamer with Chopsticks photo by AnnieBananie AnnieBananie

  • Chicken and green onion in marinade on first rack of bamboo steamer photo by AnnieBananie AnnieBananie

  • Shrimp and Shitake Mushrooms ready to steam. Place on top rack of steamer photo by AnnieBananie AnnieBananie

  • Two tier Bamboo Steamer photo by AnnieBananie AnnieBananie

  • Dinner is Served photo by AnnieBananie AnnieBananie

Calories Per Serving: 612
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A sharp cleaver will make quick work of chopping up the chicken and other ingredients. This is a great way for dieters to cut the fat and calories, while still enjoying a tasty meal Add any type of vegetables you like (i.e. green beans, asparagus, cabbage) [I posted this recipe.]
4 years, 8 months, 2 weeks, 5 days, 19 hours, 20 minutes ago

Tags

  1. Quick
  2. Marinade
  3. chicken
  4. Shrimp
  5. Weight Watchers
  6. Streamed
  7. Main Dish
  8. Chicken and Shrimp
  9. Chinese
  10. Lunch
  11. Winter
  12. Fresh

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