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Chicken Breasts with Savory
Apple Stuffing - South Beach Diet Recipe (Phase 2)
Ingredients:
- 4 skinless chicken breast halves with bone
- 1/4 t salt
- 1/4 t ground pepper
- butter flavored nonstick cooking spray
Stuffing
- 4 slices firm whole wheat, or multigrain
bread
- 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 1/4 cup finely chopped celery (include the
leaves)
- 1 cup chopped, peeled granny smith apple (1
medium -large)
- 1/2 t fine herbs; or 1/4 t each dried thyme
and sage
- 1/4 cup plus 2 T chicken broth
Directions:
- Rinse the chicken with cool water, and pat it
dry with paper towels. Lightly sprinkle with salt
and pepper and set aside.
- Tear the bread into pieces, put into blender
or food processor, and process into coarse crumbs.
Set aside.
- Coat a large non-stick skillet with cooking
spray. Add the onion, celery, apple, herbs, and 2 T
of the broth, and place the skillet over medium
heat. Cover the skillet and cook, stirring
occasionally, for about 2 minutes or until the
vegetables and apples start to soften. Remove the
skillet from the heat, and toss in the breadcrumbs.
- Tossing gently, slowly add enough of the
remaining broth to make a moist but not wet stuffing
that holds together. Set the stuffing aside.
- Coat a 9 by 13 in pan with non stick spray,
and lay the chicken in the pan with the bone side
up. Mound a quarter of the stuffing into the
depression of the breastbone of each piece of
chicken. Spray the tops of the stuffing with cooking
spray.
- Cover the pan with aluminum foil, and bake at
350 degrees F for 40 minutes.. Remove the foil and
bake for another 20 minutes or until the chicken is
tender, the juices run clear and the stuffing is
lightly browned. Serve hot.
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