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Lemon Pepper Chicken
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Lemon pepper and balsamic vinegar add big flavor to chicken, and they're ingredients that you can always keep on hand for a quick-fix recipe.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 chicken breast half and about 2 tablespoons sauce)

Ingredients

  • Cooking spray
  • 1  teaspoon  olive oil
  • 4  (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
  • 1 1/4  teaspoons  lemon pepper seasoning
  • 1/4  cup  fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
  • 1/4  cup  balsamic vinegar

Preparation

1. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Sprinkle both sides of chicken breasts evenly with lemon pepper seasoning. Add chicken to pan, and cook 4 to 5 minutes on each side or until chicken is done. Transfer chicken to a serving platter, and keep warm.

2. Add broth and vinegar to pan; cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute or until slightly thickened. Spoon sauce over chicken.

carbo rating: 2

Nutritional Information

Calories:
209 (0.0% from fat)
Fat:
3.3g (sat 0.7g,mono 0.0g,poly 0.0g)
Protein:
39.5g
Carbohydrate:
2.5g
Fiber:
0.0g
Cholesterol:
99mg
Iron:
1.4mg
Sodium:
297mg
Calcium:
24mg
The Complete Step-by-Step Low Carb Cookbook, Oxmoor House, JANUARY 2005