Chicken Breast With Roasted Tomatillo Sauce Recipe

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Chicken Breast With Roasted Tomatillo Sauce
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Ingredients
10
Count
Nutrition
324
Calories
Total time
35
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Lightly oil a rimmed baking sheet or baking pan and roast tomatillos and jalapeno or chilies under a hot broiler, 4 inches or so from the heat source, 3 to 4 minutes, or until they are blistered and splotchy brown with, maybe, a few black spots. Turn them and roast on the other side. Cool, then transfer tomatillos and chilies to a food processor fitted with the metal blade or blender along with any of the juices on the pan. Process or puree until smooth.
  2. Meanwhile, over medium heat in a heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add onions and garlic and cook, stirring, about 6 minutes until golden brown. Raise heat to medium high, add tomatillo puree and cook 3 minutes until sauce darkens and is very thick. Add broth, brown sugar and 1/4 cup cilantro. Stir, reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes or until sauce thickens. Season with salt and pepper. Set sauce aside.
  3. Season chicken liberally with salt and pepper. Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil over medium-high heat in an oven-proof skillet large enough to hold chicken in one layer. Add chicken, skin side down, and cook 5 minutes until skin is richly browned. Turn and cook on bone side 2 minutes or so. Remove chicken from pan and pour out all but 1 tablespoon fat. Add tomatillo sauce and bring to a simmer. Nestle chicken pieces, skin side up, in the sauce, place in preheated 375-degree oven and bake 15 minutes, or until chicken is cooked. (Check with point of a small knife near the bone to make sure chicken is cooked through.)
  4. Place one piece of chicken in each of four shallow bowls, spoon sauce around, top with crema or queso fresco and sprinkle remaining cilantro over.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 324.12 Kcal (1357 kJ)
Calories from fat 232.26 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 25.81g 40%
Cholesterol 35.01mg 12%
Sodium 503.44mg 21%
Potassium 524.78mg 11%
Total Carbs 15.57g 5%
Sugars 6.73g 27%
Dietary Fiber 2.99g 12%
Protein 8.84g 18%
Vitamin C 24.8mg 41%
Iron 1.2mg 7%
Calcium 75.5mg 8%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 109.15 Kcal (457 kJ)
Calories from fat 78.21 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.69g 40%
Cholesterol 11.79mg 12%
Sodium 169.53mg 21%
Potassium 176.72mg 11%
Total Carbs 5.24g 5%
Sugars 2.27g 27%
Dietary Fiber 1.01g 12%
Protein 2.98g 18%
Vitamin C 8.4mg 41%
Iron 0.4mg 7%
Calcium 25.4mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 8
    Points
  • 9
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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