Dr Oz Shrimp Fried Rice Fakeout Challenge Recipe, Quinoa

Dr Oz Shrimp Fried Rice Fakeout Challenge Recipe

I love these challenges when Dr Oz has a healthy and unhealthy version of a recipe and he asks participants from the audience to try to pick which one is healthy and which one is well..... not! The recipe that I'm featuring today is one of Doctor Oz favorite ones that he picked out from his fans.

Here's a quick background for ya. A woman named Lisa (who loves Dr Oz) loves Shrimp Fried Rice. However, fried rice isn't always that healthy if it's not prepared right. Instead of using white rice (little nutritional value) Lisa chose to use Quinoa.

In case you didn't know, Quinoa is a grain like crop that is grown in some countries because of their edible seeds. This is a whole grain seed that is much healthier than white rice! Replacing white rice with quinoa sounds very intriguing to me! They said on the show that you can purchase this frozen. Does anyone know where you can buy this?

For added flavor she added a Ponzu sauce (which I love). Ponzu sauce has a......how shall I describe it....tangy citrus like flavor? Also, guess what? There is only 16 calories for 3 tablespoons. Yay :) Ok, enough with the background, lets get to the "Shrimp Fried Rice Fakeout Challenge Recipe!"

Shrimp Fried Rice Fakeout Challenge Recipe"

Ingredients :

• 2 Tablespoons of Canola Oil (I'm assuming this can be modified.  Olive oil is another healthy oil to consider but that's not what was originally called for in this recipe)
• 3 cloves of chopped garlic
• 1 chopped red pepper
• 1 cup of chopped asparagus
• 1/2 cup of shelled edamame
• 3 tablespoons of Ponzu sauce (remember that tangy flavor)
• 2 cups of quinoa cooked in water

You can add more Ponzu sauce according to your taste preference.  You can modify this with sriracha sauce as well.
-sriracha sauce (to taste)

Cooking Directions

• Cook the quinoa in water (2 cups of water, 1 cup of quinoa)
• Bring to boil
• Reduce temp from boil and cook 15 minutes or until the quinoa is tender
• In non stick pan heat oil on medium
• Add shrimp, garlic, pepper, deamame, and asparagus
• Add the Ponzu sauce
• cook until the vegetables are tender
• Add the quinoa that you have already cooked
• Mix it all together and enjoy the Shrimp Fried Rice (actually quinoa ssshhhh)

Calorie Breakdown

Regular fried rice is approximately 1000 calories (wow!).  The "Fake Out" Fried Rice only contains 360 calories!!  Nutritional and doesn't bust your diet!