Healthy Eating Recipes

20-Minute Chicken Creole

This quick Southern-style dish contains no added fat and very little added salt in its spicy tomato sauce.

Recipe Source: Deliciously Healthy Dinners

Ingredients

  • 12 oz boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into thin strips
  • 1 C canned whole peeled tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 C chili sauce (look for lowest sodium version)
  • 1½ C green bell pepper, rinsed and chopped
  • 1½ C celery, rinsed and chopped
  • ¼ C onion, chopped
  • 1 Tbsp garlic, minced (about 2–3 cloves)
  • 1 Tbsp fresh basil, rinsed, dried, and chopped (or 1 tsp dried)
  • 1 Tbsp fresh parsley, rinsed, dried, and chopped (or 1 tsp dried)
  • ¼ tsp crushed red pepper
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • Cooking spray

Directions

  1. Spray sauté pan with cooking spray. Preheat over high heat.
  2. Cook chicken in hot sauté pan, stirring for 3–5 minutes. Reduce heat.
  3. Add tomatoes with juice, chili sauce, green pepper, celery, onion, garlic, basil, parsley, crushed red pepper, and salt. Bring to boil over high heat, and then reduce heat to simmer.
  4. Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.

Tip: Delicious served over rice.

Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
Yields
4 servings
Serving Size
1½ C
Nutritional Facts
Calories
274
Total Fat
5 g
Saturated Fat
1 g
Cholesterol
73 mg
Sodium
383 mg
Total Fiber
4 g
Protein
30 g
Carbohydrates
30 g
Potassium
944 mg