Monday, November 14, 2011

Chicken Picante

This really hit the spot today. It passed the make again test. I even said, "it's good enough I'd take it to somebody" and Lance liked that it wasn't really "Mexican".

Chicken Picante
4 frozen boneless/skinless
1 cup medium chunky salsa (I used Shirley's)
1/4 Cup Dijon Mustard
2 Tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/4 cup sour cream
1 lime sliced into 4 segments
Chopped Cilantro for garnishing

Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 375 F. Line a baking dish with foil.
2. In a bowl mix salsa, mustard and lime juice.
3. Place frozen chicken breast in a pan. Top with salsa mixture. Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes.
4. Remove foil and continue cooking until center of the largest piece of chicken reaches 170F, about 10-15minutes.
5. Remove chicken to serving platter.
6. Place 1 tablespoon of sour cream on each breast half and top each with a lime segment. Garnish with chopped cilantro.

*I got this from the back of our bag of frozen chicken (Foster Farms)

We had this for lunch today and since I got the recipe from the bag I had to get it down before throwing it away. We really enjoyed the flavor of it and the roasted veggies (a small butternut squash from dad/mom's garden, approx 1/4 of an onion, and 3 potatoes chopped up too). I didn't follow the recipe I found on Jill's blog for it but I did use the spices listed --but just sprinkled on whatever I felt like.
I skipped the last two steps since we're not big fans of cilantro. We thought the lime juice in it was enough and kept our other lime for another day. We also put the sour cream on the side.
Weight Watcher points = 7 points w/out the T sour cream or 8 with it on top.
My mouth is very satisfied.
It may have tasted so good because I made myself wait until it was done (no snacking) and therefore was really hungry. But a BIG part of it was that it was new and different. It was nice to get out of the rut.

Also: someday we want to try this in a crackpot. It was a really fast oven dish but crackpots are always nice. It has enough liquids, I'm sure it would work out. Luckily it was moist enough w/out cooking it in a crock-pot ....that's always a must for Lance.




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