The challenge: find delicious meals at home and in restaurants that are 500 calories or less.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Chicken with Apples and Noodles


Another recipe from the Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook!

I love chicken and apples together! Well really chicken and any fruit. Add in noodles and I'm there!

Ingredients:
4 tsp olive oil
1 Granny Smith apple halved, cored, and sliced (I used an apple slicer and then cut the pieces in half.)
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 onion, sliced
1/2 cup reduced sodium chicken broth
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1 Tbsp honey
2 cups hot cooked wide egg noodles



Heat 2 tsp of oil in a nonstick skillet on medium heat and then add the apples. Cook them for about 5 minutes until lightly brown. Move them to a plate



Salt and pepper both sides of the chicken, put the other 2 tsp of oil in, and then add the chicken to the skillet. Cook until both sides are done. Move that to a plate.

Add the onion into the skillet and cook, stirring until tender, about 5 minutes (there's a lot of skillet babysitting in this recipe, set the laptop up on the counter and surf facebook or read a book while its going...not that I do that!)

Add the broth, vinegar, and honey, and stir. Cook that about 2 minutes until thickened. put the chicken back in and cook it through, spooning the liquid over it here and there.

Return the apples to the skillet and cook until heated through. Put the noodles into a plate or bowl and then put the chicken, sauce and apples on top. Enjoy!

Its four servings for about 8 WW P+ per serving and 320 calories, 9 g fat, 33 g carbs, 2 g fiber, and 28 g protein.

If you're cooking for two and want to halve the recipe, I would just half the chicken and noodles, but keep everything else the same. If you're doubling double the whole thing.

Side note: if you walk away to clean the knife and put it away after you slice the onions in my house, this may happen:

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