Another Favorite (And Simple, Of Course!) Chicken Recipe

1) Brown onions, shallots, sliced garlic, green onions and boneless, skinless chicken breasts together in a half tablespoon of olive oil (medium-high setting). I do all this in a 6 quart, teflon lined pot that I love.

2) Once everything looks brown and delicious add one cup of white wine and cook until the volume reduces by about half. (The gravy will look-- and taste-- so delicious, at this point, that you'll want to just spoon it out and eat it!)

3) Add a generous amount of celery, rosemary, thyme, sage, basil and black pepper— and enough water to almost cover the chicken. Once it comes to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, then cover and let simmer.

That's it!

In a few hours you should have tender chicken perfection.

So what quantities of the above items should you add?

I just play it by ear but I generally use 1 to 2 tsp of each of the spices, one onion, 3 stalks of celery, 3 stocks of green onions, one shallot and as many cloves of garlic as I feel like slicing up.

There is no such thing as too much garlic.

And it's kind of hard to go wrong with this type of cooking. A little more of this or less of that will still result in something delicious.

Also, feel free to add a second round of seasonings about a half hour before it's done. I prefer pungent flavors and like to add a little more kick toward the end of the process.

If you do 6 chicken breasts at once then the olive oil will only add 10 calories per chicken breast (assuming you eat 1/6th of the gravy with it).

One cup of Franzia chardonnay has 168 calories in it. Once you cook off the alcohol there is some disagreement over how many calories are left-- but it's definitely less.

Even if you're conservative and and say that it still has 120 calories, that only adds 20 calories per chicken breast.

The spices and veggies add a minimal number of calories.

So for only a 30-40 calorie gain per chicken breast you end up with something positively delicious.

I like that kind of math!

To see more of my lo-cal recipes please check out my MFP blog here:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/finallychelle/view/my-lo-cal-recipe-collection-195763

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