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
- Spray sauté pan with cooking spray. Preheat over high heat.
- Cook chicken in hot sauté pan, stirring for 3–5 minutes. Reduce heat.
- 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.
- Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.
Tip: Delicious served over rice.
| Prep Time |
15 minutes
|
|---|---|
| Cook Time |
20 minutes
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| Yields |
4 servings
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| Serving Size |
1½ C
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| Nutritional Facts | |
|---|---|
| Calories |
274
|
| Total Fat |
5 g
|
| Saturated Fat |
1 g
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| Cholesterol |
73 mg
|
| Sodium |
383 mg
|
| Total Fiber |
4 g
|
| Protein |
30 g
|
| Carbohydrates |
30 g
|
| Potassium |
944 mg
|
