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20-MINUTE CHICKEN CREOLE

This quick Southern dish contains no added fat and very little added salt in its spicy tomato sauce.
as needed nonstick cooking spray
4medium chicken breast halves, skinned, boned, and cut into 1-inch strips*
1 can (14 oz)  tomatoes, cut up**
1 Clow-sodium chili sauce
1-1/2 Cgreen peppers, chopped (1 large)
1/2 Ccelery, chopped
1/4 Conion, chopped
2cloves minced garlic
1 Tbspfresh basil or 1 tsp dried
1 Tbspfresh parsley or 1 tsp dried
1/4 tspcrushed red pepper
1/4 tspsalt


  1. Spray a deep skillet with nonstick spray coating. Preheat pan over high heat.
  2. Cook chicken in hot skillet, stirring, for 3-5 minutes, or until no longer pink. Reduce heat.
  3. Add tomatoes and their juice, low-sodium chili sauce, green pepper, celery, onion, garlic, basil, parsley, crushed red pepper, and salt. Bring to boiling; reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.
  4. Serve over hot cooked rice or whole wheat pasta.
* You can substitute 1 lb boneless, skinless, chicken breast, cut into 1-inch strips.
** To cut back on sodium, try low sodium canned tomatoes.

Yield: 4 servings--Serving Size: 1-1/2 cup

Each serving provides: Calories: 255
Total fat: 3 g
Saturated fat: less than 1 g
Cholesterol: 100 mg
Sodium: 465 mg