High Protein Orange Chicken Chow Mein

15 mins
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Chop some celery, cabbage, green onion, and garlic for the high protein chow mein.
  2. 2Prepare the chow mein sauce with chicken stock, soy sauce, vinegar, sriracha, and sweetener; then stir.
  3. 3Cook the vegetables, ensuring to add celery and carrots.
  4. 4Add aromatics, then pour in the chow mein sauce.
  5. 5Add a thickener like cornstarch to the chow mein.
  6. 6Cook 2 and 1/2 ounces of high protein pasta.
  7. 7For the orange chicken sauce, use orange zest, chicken stock, soy sauce, sriracha, hoisin, garlic, stevia, a small cornstarch slurry, and rice vinegar.
  8. 8Get 6 ounces of chicken.
  9. 9Dip the chicken into egg and then cornstarch.
  10. 10Air fry the chicken at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes with olive oil.
  11. 11Add aromatics to the orange chicken sauce.
  12. 12Let the orange chicken sauce simmer and thicken.
  13. 13Add the chicken back into your meal prep bowl and shred it.

Ingredients

  • 6.3 oz. Chicken breast
  • 2.5 oz. Barilla angel hair pasta
  • 15 g corn starch
  • 2 tbsp orange zest
  • 1 medium orange squeezed
  • 25 ml chicken stock
  • 30 ml soy sauce low sodium
  • 2 tbsp sriracha
  • 1 tbsp hoisin
  • garlic
  • 4 tbsp stevia or equivalent
  • Small slurry corn starch
  • 1 tbsp rice vinegar
  • celery
  • cabbage
  • carrots
  • green onion
  • egg
  • olive oil

Equipment

air fryer

Tips

  • Less orange zest is more; a small amount goes a long way.
  • Shred the chicken in a tasty way.