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Healthy Tuscan Chicken

Name: Healthy Tuscan Chicken
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings.
Cuisine: Europe, Italian
Ingredients: 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (6 ounces each); 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 each medium green, sweet red and yellow peppers, julienned; 2 thin slices prosciutto or deli ham, chopped; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained; 1/4 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth; 2 tablespoons minced fresh basil or 2 teaspoons dried basil; 1 teaspoon minced fresh oregano or 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano

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Total Time

Prep: 25 min. Cook: 15 min.

Makes

4 servings

Looking for some healthy chicken recipes? This is my favorite. It's moist, tender and saucy. I recently lost 30-some pounds, and this is one dish I prepare often. —Carla Wells, Somerset, Kentucky

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Ingredients

4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (6 ounces each)
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 each medium green, sweet red and yellow peppers, julienned
2 thin slices prosciutto or deli ham, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
1/4 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
2 tablespoons minced fresh basil or 2 teaspoons dried basil
1 teaspoon minced fresh oregano or 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano

Directions

Sprinkle chicken with pepper. In a large nonstick skillet, brown chicken in oil. Remove and keep warm. In the same skillet, saute peppers and prosciutto until peppers are tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer.
Add the tomatoes, broth, basil, oregano and chicken. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 12-15 minutes or until a thermometer reads 170°.

Nutrition Facts

1 chicken breast half with 1 cup vegetable mixture: 304 calories, 12g fat (2g saturated fat), 100mg cholesterol, 389mg sodium, 11g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 3g fiber), 38g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 5 lean meat, 2 vegetable, 1 fat.

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