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Beetroot and Chicken Stirfry
Delicious and Healthy, the Helen McLeod from China China
Pete Chan cooks up a healthy storm in his China China kitchen
Colourful, bright and packed full of vitamins!
Cooking up chicken, beetroot and healthy veg for the China China Helen Mcleod!
A healthy stir fry from China China in Perth.
Pete Chan from China China in Perth with his choice of super healthy... Or loaded with calories!
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The 'Helen McLeod' Chicken and Beetroot

This week we’re featuring one of my favourite culinary corners of the world – China! And there’s no better way to get an authentic taste of Chinese food than at Perth’s well renowned take-away, China China.

China China is run by Pete Chan and when I arrived I was warmly welcomed by Pete and his wife Kirsteen.  I hurried into the kitchen to see what delights were being cooked up and Pete was already busy and starting to cook up his first dishes – we bagged a couple! 

Chicken & Beetroot dish may sound like an odd combination but it was utterly delicious and so, so healthy. The fresh ingredients and colours were jumping off the plate – an array of sugar snap beans, beetroot and cashew nuts.

I was in culinary heaven during my visit to China China and having sampled all the dishes I can’t wait to try these at home.  I’ll be attempting to beat the Chop Suey Guru at his own game, safe in the knowledge that I only live 10 minutes from China China if I’m feeling like a night off.

Enjoy the dishes.

Gill X

Preparation Time:
20 minutes
Cooking Time:
10 minutes
Serves: 2

Ingredients

  • 1 x large chicken breast
  • 1/2 head of broccoli
  • Handful of mange tout
  • 1 carrot
  • 4 - 5 slices pickled beetroot
  • Handful of roasted cashew nuts
  • 2 cloves of garlic - finely chopped or minced
  • 1 chilli - finely chopped or minced
  • 1 Teaspoon Potato Starch Solution**

    METHOD

    Pete recommends cooking it up wok style. He uses no oil and the recipe is gluten free.

    1. Steam the chicken breast in a steamer or basket over boiling water.
    2. Whilst this is steaming, slice the carrots and chop the broccoli into small florets.
      When the chicken is cooked through, chop to bite size pieces.
    3. Add a dessert spoon of water to a hot. Add the chicken, finely chopped garlic and chilli and stir well.
    4. Add the broccoli, mangetout and carrots.  Stir fry for around 3 – 4 minutes until the veg is cooked but has a bite remaining.
    5. Thicken the dish with your potato starch solution** (You can buy potato starch in any good supermarket and it mixes with water to give a good gluten free alternative to thicken oriental dishes)
    6. Add the cashew nuts and beetroot slices, give a final stir through and serve.

    NICKI’S TUPPENCEWORTH

    It was of course, an improbable hope that I’d have my tuppenceworth this week when Perth’s Chop Suey Guru was at the wok handle!  Here’s what he had to say…

    “Last year at China China, I started a wee kitchen project called 'Healthy Options - Healthy Cooking'. I invited the Small City's Fitness Professionals into my kitchen and together we came up with healthy dishes using ingredients chosen by them. The most popular dish from the project is called the 'Helen MacLeod', named after the local Group Fitness Guru who helped me create it.

    Helen is a firm believer in beetroot and its benefits for blood circulation to help enhance sport training and performance. The dish also has high protein chicken breast, broccoli, mange tout, carrots, roasted cashew nuts and plenty of freshly minced garlic and chilli.  We use pickled beetroot to give an extra punch to the dish – fresh is tasty but you can’t beat this for flavour!â€

    Thanks to the high energy wok and addition of a little water to the mix, China China’s dishes are all cooked without oil. Pete has substituted the usual thickener for gluten free potato starch as this also helps keep the dish healthy.

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    Nicki X

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