Low Fat Chicken Recipes

Ingredients:

8 oz skinless boneless chicken thighs
2 medium carrots -cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 medium red or green sweet pepper -cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 cup chopped onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
30 oz white kidney beans -or great northern beans -rinsed and drained
14 1/2 oz italian-style stewed tomatoes
8 oz fully cooked smoked turkey sausage -halved lengthwise and -cut into 1/2-inch slices
1 1/2 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup dry white wine -or chicken broth
1 tbsp snipped fresh parsley
1 tsp dried thyme, crushed
1/4 tsp ground red pepper
1 bay leaf

Instructions:

Rinse chicken; pat dry. Cut chicken into 1-inch pieces. Place carrots,
sweet pepper, onion, garlic, beans, undrained tomatoes, chicken, and
sausage in a 3 1/2, 4-, or 5-quart crockery cooker.

Combine chicken broth, wine or chicken broth, parsley, thyme, red pepper,
and bay leaf in a bowl. Add to crockery cooker. Cover and cook on low-heat
setting for 7 to 8 hours or on high-heat setting for 3 1/2 to 4 hours.
Discard bay leaf.

Makes 6 servings.

Nutrition facts per serving: 259 cal., 7 g total fat (2 g sat. fat), 44 mg
cholesterol, 974 mg sodium, 31 g carbohydrate., 8 g dietary fiber, 22 g
pro. Daily Value: 71% vitamin. A, 52% vitamin. C, 21% iron.

Food exchanges: 1 1/2 vegetable, 1 1/2 bread, 2 meat, 1/2 fat.

Busted by Gail Shermeyer <4paws@netrax.net>.



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Preparation Time: 0:00

Servings: 6