Dr Oz Asian Chicken Salad Recipe

I love Asian food and when today Dr Oz had a segment on an Asian Chicken Salad recipe I knew that I had to set my DVR and I'm sure glad that I did!  You really don't need too many ingredients for this recipe and it's fast and easy to make!  The recipe was shared by Chris Nirschel who is a celebrity chef!  They were doing a segment on gourmet meals that you can make from canned goods.  I supposed it would be better if you used fresh chicken but I'll go with what was featured on the show.  This may come in handy on those days when you don't feel like shopping and you want to use up some of your canned goods in the cupboard!

Ingredients :

• 1 9-12 ounce can of chicken
• 1 8.5 - 11 ounce can of mandarin oranges
• 1 scallion
• 1-2 tablespoons of sesame seeds
• 1/2 tablespoon of Sriracha (warning.  Sriracha is spicy so you may want to go with less if you have a low tolerance for spice. HOWEVER, if your love spice like I do you can add a pinch or two extra ;))
• 1/4 cup of soy sauce
• 1 container of rice noodles
• 1 8 ounce can of water chestnuts
• 1 lime

Directions :

• Drain the water chestnusts, canned chicken, and mandarin oranges
• Mix (above) with rice noodles
• Mix in chopped scallions, sesame seeds, Sriracha, lime, and soy sauce.

They gave the recommendation that you don't need to season with salt because of the salt content that is already in the soy sauce.

So, what do you think?  Willing to try this recipe?  I personally loved all the ingredients involved and love Asian food so I think I'm going to give this a try.  If you have your own Asian recipes that you would love to share with us, please leave some comments below!

Related :

300 Calorie Chicken Parmesan Recipe - You've got to try this chicken parmesan recipe.  Normally a chicken parmesan recipe has over 1000 calories.  This recipe can be made for less than 300!  Delicious and healthy at the same time!  Tell me what you think.

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!

Microwave Muffin Recipe, Saw This On Dr Oz Show, 5 Minutes In Mug

The Microwave Muffin Recipe I Saw On The Dr Oz Show

I really don't like to use the microwave other than maybe heating up a mug of coffee or tea.  I certainly don't care for how most food tastes when it is "nuked".  However, the Dr Oz Show today caught my eye and I just had to try this recipe.  And do you know what?  It turned out great and was quite tasty!  He called it the "Miracle Microwave Muffin" recipe.  It's easy to make and it can be done in less than 5 minutes.

First of all I love muffins and think that it makes the perfect dessert or in between meal snack that is much better for you than snacking on cookies or cake.  Speaking of cake, check out Chocolate Cake Club Soda Recipe that Dr. Oz talked about yesterday.. I haven't yet tried it but it looks very intriguing. Instead of butter and eggs in the ingredients you basically used club soda.  I'll be sure to update this recipe with full reviews!

Miracle Muffin Recipe In A Coffee Mug

Ingredients

• 1/4 Flax
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon coconut oil
• 1 egg
• 1 packet Stevia

Directions :

Simply mix and place all the ingredients above into a coffee mug and microwave for 50 seconds. I did make one adjustment and added splenda instead of the stevia that was directed. Not sure that it mattered because it still turned out great. So, was this better than oven baked muffins? Probably not.. Then again, I couldn't make a muffin on the run in 50 seconds using this quick and easy method either!

Dr Oz 300 Calorie Chicken Parmesan Recipe, Hungry Girl Lisa

300 Calorie Chicken Parmeson Recipe From Hungry Girl Lisa Lillien

Lisa Lillien is at it again on the Dr Oz Show sharing her delicious Hungry Girl Recipes that will help you lose weight but you won't feel deprived in the slightest!  Dr Oz shared the stage with Lisa Lillien to prove that anyone can make a great tasting chicken recipe with less than 300 calories in just a few minutes.

Four women also joined the stage with Dr Oz and Lisa to make the recipe right along beside them to prove just how easy this meal is to make!  They all vowed that they had no prior experience at making this recipe.

Pan Fried 300 Calorie Chicken Parmesan Recipe

Lisa Lillien says that her recipes are so easy that any "novice" like me can feel like a chef..  Ok, we'll see...  Instead of using bread crumbs, Lisa recommends using Fiber 1 breakfast cereal.. I've never thought of that, but it definitely sounds interesting.

• Grind the fiber one cereal into a fine powder.
• Add pinch of salt, 1/4 teaspoon onion powder, and 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• Beat one quarter cup of liquid egg substitute in a separate bowl
• Dip boneless chicken breast into egg substitute (Dr. Oz asked Lisa why she wasn't using eggs..  Lisa says that you can use eggs if you would like, but she likes to keep the fat content down.
• Coat the chicken into the fiber one crumbs that you crushed already
• Place chicken into a pan that has been heated with a non stick spray instead of oil (medium high setting).  This is another way Lisa likes to save calories. Cook four minutes on each side. Make sure the chicken is well cooked.
• Spread 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce over each piece of chicken while it is still in the skillet.(if you are using jarred tomato sauce, look for one that is low in fat).
• Sprinkle with reduced fat cheese.  You only need about a 1/4 of a cup.
• Cover the skillet so the cheese will melt.
• Enjoy

Traditional Chicken Parmesan has 1090 calories.  The Hungry Girl Chicken Parm recipe that was featured today only has 258 calories! Wow, it looked really delicious as well.

Hungry Girl Chocolate Cake Recipe on Dr Oz, Hot Apple Pie In a Mug

Hungry Girl Club Soda Chocolate Cake Recipe (Shown On The Dr Oz Show)

A chocolate cake recipe on the Dr. Oz show?  Yes, I did do a "double take" when my eyes caught the preview before the commercial break.  Chocolate has always been a weakness of mine, but the more I have watched the Dr Oz Show, I have learned that you can enjoy chocolate if you prepare the meal properly.  I have noticed that using "Dark" chocolate is the key to these recipes.  In fact, Dr Oz says that Dr Oz is good for you and is a powerful anti-oxidant.  More the reason's to enjoy a recipe like this right?

Today Dr. Oz invited Lisa Lillien, who is the author of The Hungry Girl Books.  Lisa Lillien is a wildly popular author selling millions of books.  She even has over a million people subscribed to her email list. She is all about "eating more to weigh less"..  I just the love the way that sounds!  Here is the Hungry Girl Chocolate Cake Recipe that she shared on today's Dr. Oz Show.

Hungry Girl Club Soda Chocolate Cake Recipe

Ingredients :

• 1 (18.25 oz) box of moist style dark chocolate cake mix
• 1 12 ounce can of club soda

Directions :

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
• Using a non stick spray lightly coat a 9x13 inch baking pan
• Mix the dark chocolate cake mix with cream soda until smooth in a large bowl.
• Pour into the baking pan
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.  Lisa mentioned that a good way to know when the cake is done is to insert a knife. When the knife comes out clean you know that it is done.

Enjoy!

So, how much healthier is this recipe in comparison to  other chocolate cake recipes?  Here is the nutritional breakdown.

A traditional cake - 290 calories (for how small a piece?  They never said)
Hungry Girl Cake only has 171 calories
3.5 grams of fat
301 mg of sodium
34 grams of carbs
19 grams of sugar
1.5 grams of protein

Red Hot Apple Pie In A Mug Recipe

In case the chocolate cake recipe listed above wasn't enough to satisfy your sweet tooth, did you see the Hungry Girl Red Hot Apple Pie in a mug recipe?  This one looked delicious too :)


Ingredients :

• Medium Fuji Apple (core the apple and cut into 1/2 inch cubes)
• 12 to 15 pieces of red hot cinnamon flavored candy (Red Hots were one of my favorite candies as a child.. mmmmm.  I'm going to have to try this recipe too!
• 1/2 sheet (2 crackers) of low fat crushed cinnamon graham crackers

Directions :
Place the apple cubes in a microwave safe mug
Add that red hot candy pieces on top of the apple cubes
Cover the mug and microwave for two minutes.
Stir
Let the Apple Pie in a mug to cool
Add the crushed cinnamon graham crackers to the mug
Enjoy this delicious threat!

Ok, so what's the nutritional breakdown of the Red Hot Apple Pie In A Mug Recipe?  Get ready for this!

A normal serving of  apple pie is 490 calories.  The Hungry girl apple pie recipe is only 135 calories!  It also contains only .5 grams of fat, 44 mg of sodium, 46 grams of carbohydrates, .5 grams of protein, 3.5 grams of fiber, and 23.5 grams of sugar.