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Healthy Stir Fry

Takes about 10 minutes. This is low calorie and filling!

Serves 2

Ingredients
• 1 leek, chopped
• 1/2 inch ginger, finely chopped (or more if you like)
• Chilli, finely chopped (optional)
• 1/4 head Broccoli, chopped into small florets
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1/4 fennel, chopped
• 1/6 savoy cabbage, chopped (a handful)
• Splash of fish sauce
• Splash of soy
• 6 oz chicken strips (if they are raw, lightly coat them in corn flour)
• 1 Pak Choy, chopped
• 1/2 glass white wine
• Splash of water
• Pinch of buillon powder


Fry the leek in a spponful of olive oil, add ginger and chilli (if using), stir, cook until leek beginning to wilt. Add broccoli, add lemon juice and fry for a minute, add the fennel and cabbage, add splash of fish sauce & splash of soy, cook for a min, add chicken strips, cook until chicken done. Add Pak Choy, and immediately deglaze pan with white wine. Add splash of water and pinch of Buillon. Stir, check the seasoning of the sauce. Serve.

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