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Showing posts with label chicken. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Chicken and Lentils in Apple-Curry Sauce
Make sure you get some good size chicken thighs for this dish because those suckers can shrink up big time, which is why my photo shows 2! I only had a one-pound pack of chicken thighs instead of the 1-1/2 lbs this recipe calls for, so no biggie! This is under 500 calories at 436!
Yes, there is 10 g of fat in this recipe but only 2 of them are saturated fats and chicken thighs have so much more flavor than chicken breasts. Check out that 19 grams of fiber and 38 grams of protein though. Very filling dish!
Ingredients:
2 Tbs olive oil
6 skinless/boneless chicken highs (about 1-1/2 lbs total)
1 large onion, halved and thinly sliced
1 garlic clove, minced
1 Tbs finely shredded fresh ginger
2 Tbs tomato paste
1 Tbs mild curry powder
1 tsp garam masala
3 c reduced-sodium chicken broth
1-1/2 c uncooked lentils, rinsed and drained
3 red and/or green cooking apples, cored and sliced
2 5-oz pkgs baby spinach (8 to 10 cups)
Instructions:
Rinse and drain dried lentils and set aside.
Place oil in a large nonstick skillet with a tight-fitting lid over medium-high heat and add chicken thighs once hot enough. Cook only 4 to 6 minutes per side turning once or just until nicely golden brown. Remove (still undercooked chicken) from pan and set aside.
In the same pan add onion to skillet stirring and cooking for about 3 minutes and then add garlic and ginger stirring and cooking for another minute or so more. Stir in tomato paste, curry powder, garam masala and 1/2 tsp salt mixing well.
Add chicken broth and lentils stirring well and place chicken thighs on top in pan. Bring to a rapid boil and reduce heat to simmering and simmer for about 30 minutes or until lentils are tender.
Add sliced apples to skillet and cover and simmer for about another 10 minutes. Stir in about 3 cups of spinach until wilted. No need to cook the spinach in. The heat from the finished dish still in the pan will wilt your spinach nicely.
Divide the remaining 6 to 8 cups of spinach among the 6 plates or bowls to create a "bed" or a base. Top each with the lentil-apple mixture and then the chicken thighs.
YIELDS: 6 Servings
SERVING SIZE: 1 thigh, 1-1/2 c spinach, 2/3 c lentil mixture
Nutritional Information: 436 calories, 10 g fat, (2 g sat fat), 108 mg cholesterol, 658 mg sodium, 49 g carb, 13.5 g sugars, 19 g fiber, 38 g protein
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Kickin' Orzo Chicken Salad with Avocado-Lime Dressing
This cold chicken meal/pasta salad is such a refreshing twist on lunch and the homemade cilantro-lime dressing with a slight red pepper kick is definitely a keeper! Save this one to put on more things for sure!
This salad is also really versatile! You can change it up by using leftover pork tenderloin or grilled flank steak instead of the chicken and by using shelled edamame instead of the corn or red and yellow sweet peppers for the tomatoes! I will share pics of the various tweaks I have tried in the future!
A time-saving tip is to utilize the breast portions from a rotisserie chicken removing the skin!
Notes: I don't like feta cheese so in all recipes that call for feta, I substitute in creamy crumbled goat cheese. A small avocado from those 4-count bags of avocados is sufficient for making the dressing! And you may need more than one lime depending on the size and juiciness of the limes available to you. Lastly, while you can immediately eat this dish, allowing the flavors to combine overnight allow the flavors in the dressing to really blend well together so make ahead!
(dressing applied to bottom left salad)
Ingredients:
2/3 c. dried whole wheat or regular orzo pasta (3 oz)
1 c. fresh or frozen whole kernel corn
2 c. shredded or chopped cooked chicken breast
1 c. grape tomatoes, halved
1/4 c. chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 c. crumbled reduced-fat feta cheese (I use goat cheese)
1 small avocado, pitted, peeled and cut up
1/2 tsp finely grated lime peel
1/4 c. lime juice
1/2 c. water
4 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
1/4 tsp salt
Instructions:
In a medium saucepan, cook up the orzo according to package directions or to desired doneness. Add the corn to the cooking orzo during the last minute of boiling.
Rinse the corn and orzo with cold water after draining and divide evenly between 4 single-serve storage containers or bowls.
Top each serving with chicken, tomatoes, and cilantro. Top that with your crumbled cheese of choice.
For the dressing, combine the avocado, water, finely grated lime peel, lime juice, garlic, crushed red pepper and salt in a blender or a food processor and give it a good whirl until all ingredients are well blended. Store in condiment cups like I have or cover and store!
Cover and chill everything for at least 2 hours but up to 24 hours.
To serve just drizzle the dressing portions atop the salad portions. Cover and shake to blend if in a portable container or toss to coat. Voila. That's it!
YIELDS: 4 Servings
SERVING SIZE: About 1 cup salad and 1/4 c dressing
Nutritional Information: Calories 321, Fat 10 g (3 g sat), Chol 65 mg, Sodium 439 mg, Carb 30 g, Sugars 3 g, Fiber 7 g, Protein 30 g
Sunday, July 12, 2020
Bacon, Ranch & Chicken Mac and Cheese
So my youngest son had a sleepover for the first time in months the other day. These two kids get together maybe once a month right now but we and the other family don't really go out and about so that we don't have to worry about the virus so much and they maintain their distance fairly well when finally together. They sit on separate couches to play their video games and they are outside a LOT shooting hoops or swimming, etc.
I needed to find something that they would want to eat that I could as well while my husband worked overtime and wouldn't be home until midnight or so having already eaten so I scrapped my initial plan for a fancier meal that included veggies and sides and tried out this bacon, ranch and chicken mac and cheese recipe. They liked it, as did I and I only wound up eating half of a serving for 249 calories! A whole serving is about 2 cups for 497 calories and is actually A LOT!
Be honest, I have to feed teenage boys SOMETHING when they are hanging out together and they won't go anywhere near "diet-friendly" food. As long as I know this is not something to make on the regular and it is a once in a while dish only, I'm good! It is an easy option for these occasions and even serves as a good passing dish!
** I had made bacon for BLT sandwiches the previous day so did not have "drippings in the pan" in which to cook the chicken as this recipe says you should. I just added a tsp of olive oil to my pan to fry up the chicken in a nonstick skillet. (okay, so I also cheated and used 3 pieces of bacon total but added calories and adjusted my log! It was so worth it!)
Ingredients:
8 oz uncooked elbow macaroni
1 slice applewood-smoked bacon
8 oz skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into 1/2" pieces
1 Tbs butter
1 Tbs all-purpose flour
1-1/2 c fat-free milk
1/3 c condensed 45% reduced sodium 98% fat-free cream of mushroom soup
3/4 c (3 oz) shredded 6-cheese Italian blend cheese
12 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp chopped fresh dill
1/2 tsp salt
Cooking spray
1/2 c (2 oz) shredded Colby-Jack cheese
Instructions:
Cook pasta according to package directions leaving out salt and fat. Drain.
** (see my note above). Cook bacon in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from pan, reserving drippings in pan. Finely chop bacon; set aside. Increase heat to medium-high. Add chicken to drippings in pan and saute 6 minutes or until done.
Combine the milk and soup stirring with a whisk and set aside.
Melt butter in a large saucepan (and I mean large! Large enough to hold this whole recipe!) and sprinkle in the flour whisking until thick and bubbly. Now slowly whisk the soup and milk mixture into the butter-flour mixture in the sauce pan and bring to a boil. Cook another two minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat and let stand until it cools down to about 155 degrees.
Add Italian cheese to the sauce pan stirring until the cheese melts. Now stir in the pasta and the chicken and toss to coat.
Preheat your broiler.
Spoon the contents of your sauce pan into a casserole dish that is coated with cooking spray first. Sprinkle the top Colby Jack cheese shreds and the crumbled/chopped bacon pieces.
Broil for about 3 minutes or until the cheese melts and to your broiled cheese doneness preference!
YIELDS: 4 servings
SERVING SIZE: About 2 cups
Nutritional Information: Calories 497, Fat 17 g (saturated 9.2 g, mono 4.7 g, poly 1.4 g), Protein 33.3 g, Carb 51.7 g, Fiber 2 g, Chol 74 mg, Iron 2.4 mg, Sodium 767 mg, Calcium 368 mg
Saturday, July 4, 2020
Spicy Honey-Glazed Chicken Thighs
I don't remember where I noted this recipe from but can't believe I haven't shared it here yet! If you don't like a little kick of spicy heat here and there, you will want to lessen the amount of the ground red pepper you add. This rings in at 446 calories for two whole chicken thighs and halving that for one thigh is only 223 calories!
Chicken thighs have a little more fat and a bit more calories than your average diet-friendly choice of chicken breasts, but they also have more flavor and are more tender.
You'll want to have a brown paper bag handy to shake your chicken up into the spice mixture perfectly! You can just put everything in a bowl and toss to coat, but that shake-in-a-bag trick you see in the movie The Help is really nice with this one!
Spice Ingredients:
2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp chili powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp ground red pepper (can take down to 1/4 tsp)
8 skinless, boneless chicken thighs
Cooking Spray
Glaze Ingredients:
6 Tbs honey
2 tsp cider vinegar
Instructions:
Preheat the broiler to low with rack in middle of oven.
Combine all of the spice ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Place spice mixture in the bottom of a brown paper bag large enough to hold all 8 thighs. Add the thighs, fold down the bag and shake 'er up! You can open and check and pull out well-covered pieces so as to allow those less so to get covered on subsequent shakes! You can also just add all ingredients into a large bowl and toss to coat but the bag method allows all of the seasoning to stick to the chicken specifically!
Cover the broiler pan with cooking spray and broil chicken at least 5 minutes on each side. Make sure to open the thighs so they lay evenly on your pan avoiding having pieces that are so thick they will take longer to cook through.
Combine the honey and vinegar for the glaze and stir it together well with a whisk while the chicken is broiling.
After 5 minutes broiling per side with only the dry seasoning, remove the chicken from the oven or just pull it out far enough for brushing and brush the glaze onto the chicken and broil again for at least 1 minute. Flip the chicken and repeat glazing the other side and broiling again for at least another minute.
Let me tell you, that allowing a little extra time (watching closely) so that the surface of the chicken with the glaze applied has a moment to caramelize and appear a little crispy or burned, is delicious!
Brush whatever little bit of glaze mixture is left over the top once done while still hot.
SERVES: 4 Servings
SERVING SIZE: 2 chicken thighs
Nutritional Information: Calories 321, Fat 11 g (sat 3 g, mono 4.1 g, poly 2.5 g), Protein 28 g, Carb 27.9 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Chol 99 mg, Iron 2.1 mg, Sodium 676 mg, Calcium 21 mg
Monday, June 22, 2020
Chicken Carne Asada Tacos
In the past I've always made these tacos by sets of 2 for 413 calories, but this time because I found these super cute teeny street taco shells, I went with 3 teeny tacos for 300 calories! This saves you 113 calories!! Two of the regular size corn tortilla shells is 100 calories and you add more of everything into each compared for even more calories, but there are only 90 calories for three corn tortilla shells into which you fill less as well!
Instead of assembling in the below-listed quantities/measurements, I put 1 oz of chicken in each tiny shell, divided up a Tbsp of the Cotija cheese between all 3, and put in one thin slice of avocado in each as well, which didn't even amount to a whole ounce of avocado overall.
Ingredients:
Marinade:
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
1/2 cup fresh lime juice (about 2 limes)
1 tsp sugar 1 tsp cumin seeds
1 medium red onion thinly vertically sliced
Meat:
1-1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken thighs, trimmed and cut into thin strips
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp ground cumin
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
Cooking spray
Fixings:
8 (6") corn tortillas (or do the 3 small street taco size as mentioned above)
1 cup diced peeled avocado
1/2 cup (2 oz) crumbled Cotija cheese
Instructions:
Marinade: Combine first 4 ingredients in a medium bowl stirring until sugar dissolves. Place onion in a small saucepan; cover with water. Shock the onions by bringing to a boil, then drain and plunge into ice water to quickly cool and stop the "cooking" process. Drain onion and add to juice mixture. Chill until ready to serve.
Meat: Heat a large nonstick skillet over high heat. Sprinkle chicken with oregano, cumin, salt, and pepper; toss to coat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add chicken to pan; cook 4 minutes or until browned and done, stirring occasionally.
Tortillas: Heat tortillas according to package directions. I heat using nonstick spray in a skillet and browning both sides.
Assembly for 2 tacos: Divide chicken evenly among tortillas. Drain onion and divide evenly among tortillas. Top each tortilla with 2 tablespoons avocado and 1 tablespoon cheese and fold.
***Assembly for 3 street tacos: 1 oz of chicken per taco, 1 oz avocado thinly sliced and divided between all 3 tacos, 2 tsp of Cotija cheese divided between all 3 tacos and a couple of pickled onions per each taco. 294 calories here!
Yields: 4 servings
Serving Size: 2 Tacos
Nutrition Info (2-Taco version): 413 Calories; 17.1 g Fat (sat 5.2 g, mono 7.1 g, poly 2.7 g); 33.4 g Protein; 33.6 g Carb; 4.9 g Fiber; 123 mg Cholesterol; 3.2 mg Iron; 825 mg Sodium; 237 mg Calcium
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Chicken Tenders with Pita Chip Coating for 2 Weight Watchers Winning Points
My youngest child requests this dish Frequently. It happens to be a Family Favorite. Family Favorites make for a stress-Free meal, and I know all to well that satisfying the Family members is the only way I can maintain a diet.
I tried breaking up the pita chips for this recipe in my food processor, but they just spent a lot of time flying around and not really breaking up. I wound up using a sandwich baggie and and the bottom of a coffee mug to smash them into tiny bits.
(Raw and prepped for the oven)
As is usual when I don't have the sugar Figures for Figuring out the newer Smart Points, I am only currently able to list the Winning Weight Watchers Points, so if you don't see Smart Points below my recipes, then you need to Figure out the new points by obtaining the Sugar figures necessary.
Ingredients:
1/2 c. egg substitute
1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1-1/2 c. Parmesan, Garlic and Herb pita chips, finely crushed
1 Tbs. salt-free Italian seasoning
8 (2-oz.) chicken breast tenders
Cooking Spray
1/2 c tomato-basil pasta sauce (such as Classico), warmed
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Break up pita chips using a plastic zip-seal sandwich bag and your choice of tool to crush. Heat a large baking sheet in oven 5 minutes. While baking shet heats up, combine the egg substitute and pepper in a shallow dish to accommodate your chicken tenders. Combine the chips and Italian seasoning in another shallow dish to allow for dredging the tenders after the egg dip. Really pat the chip coating on there.
Remove the baking sheet from the oven and spray with cooking spray. Place coated chicken tenders onto the baking tray and place into the oven. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until done and warm the tomato-basil pasta sauce in a small saucepan. When done baking serve up with warm pasta sauce.
YIELD: 8 servings
SERVING SIZE: 1 chicken breast tender and 1 Tablespoon pasta sauce
POINTS: 2 points
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION: 79 Calories (11% from fat); 1 g Fat (0.1 g saturated); 14.3 g Protein; 3.7 g Carbs; 0.5 g Fiber; 33 mg Cholesterol; 0.8 mg Iron; 120 mg Sodium; 13 mg Calcium
Friday, September 18, 2015
Chicken-Salad Stuffed Jumbo Shells for 8 Weight Watchers Points
One thing I miss when I'm trying to count calories, points, etc. is cold macaroni salad. Granted, it's the tuna kind, but this is a very easy-to-make chicken version that even Mr. F liked. (I can't get him to try cold pasta salads, but since this didn't look like one, he gave it a go and was pleasantly surprised. He asked for more. ;)
My version, as pictured, is a little different than the recipe listed below. I left out the olives and used canned no-salt-added chicken breast, as well as regular Italian dressing. Sometimes I just don't have the patience for shredding chicken breasts.
INGREDIENTS:
6 uncooked jumbo pasta shells (not macaroni)
3 Tbs light mayo
2 Tbs fat-free Italian dressing
1/4 tsp onion powder
1 c. chopped cooked chicken breast
2/3 c. drained canned chopped artichoke hearts
1/4 c. finely chopped red bell pepper
2 Tbs chopped ripe olives
6 fresh basil leaves
INSTRUCTIONS:
Prepare chicken salad filling first. Combine the mayo, Italian dressing, and onion powder in a medium bowl and stir well. Add in the chicken, artichokes, bell pepper, and olives and stir well.
Cook the pasta shells for about 10-13 minutes according to package directions and drain well.
Line each shell with a fresh basil leaf and then add in about 2-1/2 to 3 Tbs of chicken salad mixture. You can serve at room temperature or chill well before serving. Top with some salt and pepper and serve atop a bed of lettuce.
YIELDS: 6 shells or 2 servings of 3 shells each
POINTS: 8
Nutritional Information: 306 calories (25% from fat); 24.5g protein; 8.4g fat (2.3g saturated); 31.1g carbs; 2.7g fiber; 81mg cholesterol; 3.1mg iron; 624mg sodium; 62mg calcium
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Tuscan Chicken with Fettuccine Weight Watcher recipe for 8 Points
I go through my neighborhood sifting through people's recycle bins for coupon inserts that I donate to the military, but on one trip last summer, I scored someone's discarded old Weight Watcher recipe book for 15-minute meals. Her loss and my gain, or vice versa, depending on how you look at it I suppose. It had Core points listed, and I think that was before I ever waded into the Weight Watcher pool.
This is two combined recipes, so there will be two parts below.
I had to run an errand with my daughter tonight and presented the recipes to Mr. F and asked him if he thought he could cook that up while we were out. He gave it his best shot and it was yummy. (I just asked him if he added the Parmesan cheese or butter to the Fettuccine, and he Forgot both! Probably would've been even better had he or I remembered that part!) I WILL NEVER complain when he cooks for me because it just never happens! I'll take it.
He cooked waaaay too much pasta, not noticing it called for 9 ounces of it, so I did the 1/2-cup measure scoop to grab mine. Next time I will measure out my pasta serving to ensure I have enough, and I'll keep searching for the spinach Fettuccine that I could not find on my last shopping trip.
I will make this again. Only 3 of the 5 of us were willing to try it.
Tuscan Chicken Ingredients:
4 (6-oz.) skinless, boneless, chicken breast halves
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. dried Italian seasoning
1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 pint grape tomatoes
2 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
1 Tbsp. water
Tuscan Chicken Instructions: Place chicken breast halves between 2 sheets of heavy duty plastic wrap and pound to 1/2" thickness using a meat mallet or small heavy skillet. Sprinkle chicken evenly with salt, Italian seasoning, and pepper.
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and add chicken. Cook 3 mknutes on each side or until golden. Add tomatoes and cook 4 minutes or until tomato skins pop. Stir in balsamic vinegar and water. Cook 4 minutes or until chicken is done and liquid almost evaporates.
Yields: 4 servings (serving size 1 chicken breast half and about 1/3 cup tomato mixture)
Points: 5
238 calories, 5.8 g fat, 40 g protein, 4.4 g protein, 0.9 g fiber, 407 mg sodium, 29 mg calcium
Spinach-Parmesan Fettuccine Ingredients:
1 (9-oz.) package fresh spinach Fettuccine
1/4 c. (1.3 oz) grated fresh Parmesan cheese
2 Tbsp butter
Spinach-Parmesan Fettucine Instructions: Cook Fettucine according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain. Combine the cooked pasta, cheese, and butter and toss well.
Yields: 7 servings (serving size about 1/2 cup)
Points: 3
157 calories, 5.5 g fat, 6.4 g protein, 20.3 g carbohydrate, 1.2 g fiber, 39 mg cholesterol, 128 mg sodium, 93 mg calcium
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Family-Friendly Garlic-Broiled Chicken - Leg AND Thigh for 7 Weight Watcher Points WITH Skin
Yet another Favorite chicken recipe of mine. I don't know about you, but plain chicken just doesn't do it for me. The only hard part of this dish is cutting the whole chicken down the middle, but sometimes you can Find chickens already cut in half.
I was shocked at the price of this chicken....I have NEVER paid $10 for a whole chicken before in my life, but that's what this one cost me. Food prices are so ridiculous right now.
Here is the recipe for the delish mixture to baste the chicken with:
1/4 cup melted butter
3 Tablespoons fresh, minced garlic
2 Tablespoons lite soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2-1/2 to 3-1/2-lb whole frying chicken
You just need a 2-1/2- to 3-1/2-pound whole frying chicken cut in half to baste it upon during the last 10 minutes of broiling 6" to 8" away from the heat, turning every 10 minutes until done. Approximately 35-45 minutes.
Note: I like to put mine all the way down onto the bottom rack and broil each side for 20 minutes on a bigger chicken and then switch to each side broiled at 10 minutes WITH the butter-garlic mixture basted upon it for those last 20 minutes. I insert a meat thermometer to ensure it's done. Before serving, baste one more time with buter-garlic mixture. You can add chopped parsley sprinkled on top too. (For whole chickens, a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, but not near bone or fat, should register 180 to 185 degrees Fahrenheit before removing from the oven.)
Voila! And Four out of the Five of us eat this one. For the one who doesn't, his chicken taken off this very chicken is removed from the bone and goes into making him a quick chicken quesadilla.
The Weight Watcher points vary depending upon which part of the chicken you choose to eat and whether or not you eat the skin. I add a point for the butter mixture on top of the points listed for the pieces WITH skin. I take the meat off the bone and weigh it, then look in my handy-dandy points book to Figure it out.
When I was on the NutriSystem plan, I used leftovers of this dish as a PowerFuel serving.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Crockpot Chicken Enchiladas - 9 Weight Watcher Winning Points for 2 or 4.5 points for 1!
In a slow cooker or crock pot mix the following ingredients for the enchilada filling:
1-1/2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 4-oz. can of diced green chiles
1/2 c. chopped onion
5 cloves of minced garlic
1 Tbs. dried, crushed oregano
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 10-oz. can enchilada sauce (can choose green or red)
Cover and cook on low setting around 5 to 6 hours, or if your slow cooker is like mine, check after a few hours. You will reserve the cooking liquid for use in the enchilada sauce later and a little to moisten the chicken, so save it for now. Remove the chicken from the cooker, let cool, and shred it by either using two forks or peeling apart with hands. Now use as much of the reserved liquid as necessary to really moisten the shredded chicken in a large bowl and mix well.
To make enchilada sauce combine the following ingredients into a bowl:
2 10-oz. cans of the same enchilada sauce (red or green)
1/4 c. reserved cooking liquid from shredded chicken filling
1 4-oz. can diced green chiles
To assemble: (You will need at least 8 7" or 8" flour tortillas)
First spread about 1/2 cup enchilada sauce mixture into bottom of a rectangular baking dish (lasagna pan) or enough to cover bottom. Fill each tortilla with about 1/3 cup of the chicken mixture filling in the center. Roll up the filled tortillas and place in the baking dish seam-side down. Put the rest of the enchilada sauce mixture over the top of the rolled and filled tortillas. Now cover and bake at 350 degrees until heated through for about 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and top with about 1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese. Bake again, uncovered, for about 8-10 minutes until cheese is melted (and slightly browned if you prefer.)
Makes 8 single-enchilada servings at 4.5 points each. You may be able to make more than 8 if you fill each with less than the recommended 1/3 cup of filling, but that's your call and you will need to figure out the new points per enchilada that way. In this particular batch, I only wound up with 7 enchiladas. I think I bought the wrong size tortilla. In this picture I also added more than 1/2 cup cheese, added some crumbled cotija cheese, and some queso fresco (so I only had 1 enchilada).
Calories 53, fat 3 g, cholesterol 4 mg, sodium 436 mg, carbs 5 g, fiber 0, protein 2 g.
1-1/2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 4-oz. can of diced green chiles
1/2 c. chopped onion
5 cloves of minced garlic
1 Tbs. dried, crushed oregano
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 10-oz. can enchilada sauce (can choose green or red)
Cover and cook on low setting around 5 to 6 hours, or if your slow cooker is like mine, check after a few hours. You will reserve the cooking liquid for use in the enchilada sauce later and a little to moisten the chicken, so save it for now. Remove the chicken from the cooker, let cool, and shred it by either using two forks or peeling apart with hands. Now use as much of the reserved liquid as necessary to really moisten the shredded chicken in a large bowl and mix well.
To make enchilada sauce combine the following ingredients into a bowl:
2 10-oz. cans of the same enchilada sauce (red or green)
1/4 c. reserved cooking liquid from shredded chicken filling
1 4-oz. can diced green chiles
To assemble: (You will need at least 8 7" or 8" flour tortillas)
First spread about 1/2 cup enchilada sauce mixture into bottom of a rectangular baking dish (lasagna pan) or enough to cover bottom. Fill each tortilla with about 1/3 cup of the chicken mixture filling in the center. Roll up the filled tortillas and place in the baking dish seam-side down. Put the rest of the enchilada sauce mixture over the top of the rolled and filled tortillas. Now cover and bake at 350 degrees until heated through for about 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and top with about 1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese. Bake again, uncovered, for about 8-10 minutes until cheese is melted (and slightly browned if you prefer.)
Makes 8 single-enchilada servings at 4.5 points each. You may be able to make more than 8 if you fill each with less than the recommended 1/3 cup of filling, but that's your call and you will need to figure out the new points per enchilada that way. In this particular batch, I only wound up with 7 enchiladas. I think I bought the wrong size tortilla. In this picture I also added more than 1/2 cup cheese, added some crumbled cotija cheese, and some queso fresco (so I only had 1 enchilada).
Calories 53, fat 3 g, cholesterol 4 mg, sodium 436 mg, carbs 5 g, fiber 0, protein 2 g.
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