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Slow-Cooked Italian Chicken Recipe

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With its nicely seasoned tomato sauce, this enticing chicken entree is especially good over pasta or rice. "My father loved it when I made this," writes Deanna D'Auria of Banning, California.

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Slow-Cooked Italian Chicken Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Cook: 4 hours 10 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

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Ingredients

4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (4 ounces each)
1 can (14-1/2 ounces) chicken broth
1 can (14-1/2 ounces) stewed tomatoes, cut up
1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
1 medium green pepper, chopped
1 green onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
3 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt or garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion salt or onion powder
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cold water
Hot cooked pasta

Directions

Place chicken in a 3-qt. slow cooker. In a bowl, combine the broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce, green pepper, onion, garlic and seasonings; pour over chicken. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until meat is tender. Remove chicken and keep warm.
Pour cooking juices into a large saucepan; skim fat. Combine flour and cold water until smooth; stir into juices. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with chicken and pasta. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts One chicken breast half with 1/2 cup sauce (prepared with reduced-sodium broth, garlic powder and onion powder; calculated without pasta) equals 241 calories, 2 g fat (trace saturated fat), 66 mg cholesterol, 1,003 mg sodium, 25 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 31 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2-1/2 lean meat, 1-1/2 starch.

Originally published as Slow-Cooked Italian Chicken in Quick Cooking July/August 2003, p45

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Reviewed on Sep. 09, 2011 by kathed5

The chicken was so tender and moist, but the sauce was on the bland side, despite the garlic and onion salt. Next time, and I will make it again, I will add more garlic, and italian flavored tomato sauce.