Low Fat Chicken Recipes

Chicken Florentine

• 1/2 pound fresh spinach, stems removed, washed
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 large onion, cut into rings
• 6 ounces mushrooms, sliced
• 1/3 cup dry white wine
• 1 tablespoon soy flour
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 pinch garlic powder
• 4 ounces sharp Cheddar cheese, grated
• 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Steam spinach until wilted; drain and chop. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in large skillet and sauté onions until golden. Remove onions with slotted spoon, mix with spinach and place in buttered casserole. Add 1 tablespoon butter to skillet. Brown chicken and remove to warm plate. Sauté mushrooms in remaining butter and remove to plate with chicken. Add wine to pan and then stir in flour. Slowly add sour cream and stir until hot and thickened. Add chicken, mushrooms, and garlic powder. Place on spinach, sprinkle with cheese and bake uncovered at 350F for 20 to 30 minutes. Yield:

4 servings Per Serving: 390 Cal (77% from Fat, 13% from Protein, 10% from Carb); 12 g Protein; 33 g Tot Fat; 10 g Carb; 3 g Fiber; 367 mg Calcium; 2 mg Iron; 376 mg Sodium; 86 mg

Low fat chicken breast

Ingredients:

• 4 boneless-skinless chicken breasts
• 2 cups fresh plums, chopped
• ? cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 tsp. fresh squeezed lemon juice
• 1 tsp. cornstarch
• 1 tsp. ginger
• 2 tbsp. soy sauce
• 1 tbsp. plum jelly
• 1 tsp. garlic powder
• 1 tsp. onion powder
• 1 tsp. black pepper
• Parsley as a garnish (optional)

To Make:

Preheat the oven to 375. The glaze for this recipe may be made the day before you plan to make this dish. It just will need to be refrigerated. If you use fresh plums, they will need to have the pits removed before using.

You can use canned or frozen varieties of this fruit if you want to. In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine the plums, the plum jelly, cornstarch, and the soy sauce. If the mixture is too dry, add a little water.

Now gradually add the brown sugar while stirring. Next, add the lemon juice and ginger. Continue mixing. Lastly, add the garlic and onion powder, and the black pepper. Once this plum glaze has been mixed well, it is ready to use.

Place each chicken breast, one by one, into the mixing bowl and cover each it with the plum glaze. Do this for each chicken breast. Then put the chicken breasts in a baking pan. You can add one more spoonful of plum glaze to each chicken breast before putting them in the oven if you wish. Bake this dish on 375 for 25-30 minutes.

Remove the pan from the oven. Top each piece of chicken with parsley before serving.

Serves 4.