Sugar Free Sweet and Sour Braised Chicken

• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. each salt and pepper
• 8 chicken drumsticks, skinned
• 2 tbsp. vegetable oil
• 1 onion, cut into wedges
• 2 carrots, cut into chunks
• 1 sweet green pepper, cut into chunks
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup SPLENDA No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated
• 1/4 cup each soy sauce and tomato paste
• 1 tbsp. cornstarch
• 3 cloves garlic, minced

1. In shallow dish, combine flour, salt and pepper; coat chicken in mixture.
2. In shallow Dutch oven, heat half of the oil over medium-high heat; brown chicken.
3. Remove to plate.
4. Add remaining oil to pan; saute onion, carrots and green pepper until tender, about 5 minutes.
5. Return chicken to pan.
6. Whisk orange juice, 1/2 cup (125 mL) water, SPLENDA Granulated, soy sauce, tomato paste, cornstarch and garlic; add to pan and bring to boil.
7. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 40 minutes or until juices run clear when chicken is pierced.
8. Serves 4.
9. Canadian Living Test Kitchen

allpurpose, salt, chicken, vegetable oil, onion, carrots, sweet green pepper, orange juice, soy sauce, cornstarch, garlic

Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/21541 (may not work)