Bella Braised Chicken

Recipe Ingredients

1 tablespoon	15ml	Unsalted stick margarine
2		Onions - chopped
2		Celery stalks - diced
1		Carrot - diced
2		Garlic cloves - minced
3 tablespoons	45ml	All-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Freshly-ground black pepper
6		Boneless skinless chicken breasts - - (4 oz ea)
1 tablespoon	15ml	Olive oil
1		No-salt-added diced tomatoes - (14 1/2 oz)
1 cup	237ml	Low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 cup	118ml	Dry white wine
2 tablespoons	30ml	Minced parsley - plus
		More for garnish
1 teaspoon	5ml	Dried thyme leaves

Recipe Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

In a large nonstick skillet, melt the margarine. Add the onions, celery, carrot and garlic; cook, stirring as needed, until softened, about 5 minutes. Transfer the vegetables to a 3-quart Dutch oven or casserole.

In a gallon-size sealable plastic bag, combine the flour and pepper. Add the chicken; shake to coat.

In the same skillet, heat the oil. Add the chicken and brown 2 minutes on each side. Arrange the chicken on top of the vegetables. Return the skillet to the heat; add the tomatoes, broth, wine, parsley and thyme. Cook, scraping up the browned bits from the bottom of the skillet, until the liquid comes to a boil; pour over the chicken.

Bake, covered, until the chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are tender, about 1 hour. Serve, sprinkled with additional minced parsley.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Per Serving: 232 Calories, 6 g Total Fat, 1 g Saturated Fat, 66 mg Cholesterol, 121 mg Sodium, 12 g Total Carbohydrate, 2 g Dietary Fiber, 29 g Protein, 61 mg Calcium.

Serving Provides: 1 Fruit/Vegetable, 3 Protein/Milk, 1 Fat.

Points Per Serving: 5.

Source:
Simply the Best: 250 Prizewinning Family Recipes by Weight Watchers

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