Balsamic Chicken

This is a lazy-day dish reserved for when you really don't feel like cooking or shopping. Keep all the ingredients in the pantry. It's also a good dish to sneak leftover vegetables into. Use spinach, zucchini, all kinds of mushrooms, and green onions, and they all taste great. For more chicken dinners, see our complete collection of chicken recipes.

Yield: 2 servings (serving size: 1 chicken breast half, 1 cup bell pepper mixture, and 1/2 cup rice)

Ingredients

• 1  teaspoon  olive oil
• 3/4  cup  coarsely chopped onion
• 4  garlic cloves, sliced
• 2  (4-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 1  cup  sliced green bell pepper
• 1/2  cup  balsamic vinegar
• 1/4  cup  sliced mushrooms
• 1  teaspoon  dried Italian seasoning
• 1  (14 1/2-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1  cup  hot cooked long-grain rice

Preparation

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; sauté 3 minutes. Add chicken; cook 4 minutes on each side or until browned. Add bell pepper and next 4 ingredients (bell pepper through tomatoes). Reduce heat to medium-low; cook 20 minutes or until chicken is done. Serve over rice.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

376 (10% from fat)

Fat:

4.3g (sat 0.8g,mono 2.1g,poly 0.7g)

Protein:

32g

Carbohydrate:

52.3g

Fiber:

6g

Cholesterol:

66mg

Iron:

3.8mg

Sodium:

355mg

Calcium:

110mg