Sunny Mediterranean Chicken from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Sunny Mediterranean Chicken from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

If you are unsure whether this Sunny Mediterranean Chicken recipe is suitable for your personal diabetic diet, please consult your doctor or a qualified nutritionalist.



“Another article of cuisine that offends the bowels of unused Britons is garlic. Not uncommonly in southern climes an egg with a shell on is the only procurable animal food without garlic in it. Flatulence and looseness are the frequent results.”
~ Dr. T. K. Chambers, A Manuel of Diet In Health and Disease (1875)


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Sunny Mediterranean Chicken Recipe


Recipe Ingredients:

6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
Salt, to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
1 cup Fiber One cereal
1 tbsp olive oil
1 cup sliced unpeeled zucchini
1 cup cubed unpeeled eggplant
1/2 cup roasted red bell peppers in 1/2" strips
= (from a 7-oz jar)
1/2 medium red onion, sliced, and
separated into rings
1 large garlic clove, finely chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp water
2 tsp lime juice
3 cups cooked couscous - (1 cup uncooked)

 

Recipe Instructions:

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Spray rectangular baking dish, 13 by 9 by 2 inches, with cooking spray. Rinse chicken; pat dry. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Crush cereal. (Place cereal in plastic bag or between sheets of waxed paper; crush with rolling pin. Or crush in blender or food processor.) Place cereal in shallow dish; coat chicken completely with cereal.

Heat chicken in 1 tablespoon oil in 10-inch skillet over medium heat 15 minutes, turning once, until juice is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut. Remove chicken from skillet; cover to keep warm.

In same skillet, cook zucchini, eggplant, bell peppers, onion and garlic in 1 tablespoon oil 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in water and lime juice; cook about 1 minute or until hot.

Place couscous in baking dish. Place chicken breasts on couscous. Pour zucchini mixture over chicken. Bake about 10 minutes or until hot.

This recipe yields 6 servings. Serving size: 1/6 recipe.

Exchanges Per Serving: 3 Lean Meat, 1 1/2 Starch, 1 Vegetable.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 310; Calories from Fat 80; Total Fat 9g; Saturated Fat 2g; Cholesterol 75mg; Sodium 320mg; Carbohydrate 32g; Dietary Fiber 6g; Protein 31g.

Source:
"American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"09-16-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© American Diabetes Association, 2001"

Servings: 6




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~ Doug Larson


 

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