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Braised Chicken with Pumpkin
(Serves 1)
NUTRIENT ANALYSIS
(per serving)
Energy: 246 kcal
Carbohydrate: 14 g
Protein: 23 g
Fat: 9 g
Cholesterol: 100 mg
Dietary fibre: 0.8 g
Sodium: 627 mg

INGREDIENTS: METHOD
• Chicken drumsticks, 1 piece (~160g)
chopped 1. Rinse the chicken pieces,
• Pumpkin, medium ⅛ piece (~160g) and remove the fat and skin.
Marinate for about 30 minutes.
• Ginger 1 slice
• Spring onion, 1 stalk 2. Rinse and peel the pumpkin. Cut
sectioned into chunks and boil in water
• Shaoxing wine 1½ Tbsp until soft. Retain ¼ cup of the
• Vegetable oil 1 tsp pumpkin water for later use.

MARINADE (for chicken): 3. Heat up oil in a non-stick pan.
• Light soy sauce ¼ tsp Sauté the ginger and stir-fry
with the chicken. Pour wine
• Sugar ¼ tsp
• Cornstarch ½ tsp along the side of the pan.
4. Add in the pumpkin, pumpkin
SEASONING: water and seasoning and stir-
• Salt ⅛ tsp fry well. Cover and braise until
• Light soy sauce ¼ tsp the chicken is cooked. Lastly,
• Sugar ½ tsp add the spring onion and stir-
• Cornstarch ½ tsp fry for a minute.
• Water 1 Tbsp

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