Diabetic Dish of the Week - Chicken Normandy

This week's "Meatless Monday" Recipe of the Week is - Chicken Normandy. Diabetic-friendly recipe with Chicken braised in Apple Cider. Equal replaces the Sugar in the recipe. You can find this recipe along with all the other Delicious and Healthy recipes at one of my favorite recipe sites' the CooksRecipes website. Enjoy and Eat Healthy!  http://www.cooksrecipes.com/index.html


Chicken Normandy
Diabetic-friendly, low-fat and low-sugar chicken braised in apple cider or juice and sage.

Recipe Ingredients:
Butter-flavored vegetable cooking spray
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 4-ounces each)

Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
2 medium Granny Smith apples, unpeeled, cored, sliced
6 green onions and tops, sliced
2/3 cup apple cider or unsweetened apple juice
2 teaspoons chicken bouillon crystals
1 1/2 teaspoons dried sage leaves
2/3 cup fat-free half-and-half or 2% milk
2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
1 3/4 teaspoons Equal® for Recipes or 6 packets Equal® sweetener or 1/4 cup Equal® Spoonful™
Sage or parsley sprigs, as garnish

Cooking Directions:
1 - Spray large skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium heat until hot. Sauté chicken breasts until browned, 3 to 5 minutes on each side. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
2 - Add apples, onions, apple cider, bouillon, and sage to skillet; heat to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, until chicken is tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove chicken and apples to serving platter.
3 - Continue simmering cider mixture until almost gone. Mix half-and-half, flour, and Equal® in glass measuring cup; pour into skillet. Heat to boiling; boil, stirring constantly, until thickened, about 1 minute. Season to taste with salt and pepper; pour over chicken and apples. Garnish with sage.
Makes 4 servings.

Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/4 of recipe): 240 cal., 29 g pro., 25 g carbo., 2 g fat, 66 mg chol., 676 mg sodium.
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