Chicken in Apricot Sauce

(from Linda Lu’s recipe box)

4 points

Source: WW

Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
Serves 4 people

Categories: Weight Watchers

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp. olive oil
  • 2 tbsp. sherry cooking wine, dry
  • 1 pound uncooked boneless, skinless chicken breast, four pieces, pounded
  • 1 cup apricot nectar
  • 1 tbsp. white wine vinegar
  • 2 tbsp. dijon mustard
  • 1 tbsp. cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 4 apricots, pitted and split in half
  • 8 cups spinach, fresh, chopped
  • 1/4 oz. Fisher Chef's Naturals Chopped Pecans, or other brand (about 1 tbsp.)

Directions

  1. Coat a large skillet with cooking spray and warm over medium high heat. Add olive oil and sherry and heat until the sizzle. Add chicken and cook ahead about 6 minutes on each side. Remove from pan, keep warm

  2. Meanwhile, combine nectar, vinegar, surag and mustard ina saucepan, bring toa boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook 5 minutes. In a separate cup, mix cornstarch with water.

  3. Pour cornstarch mixture into nectar sauce and cook until sauce thickens, about 3 minutes. Add apricots and cook 2 minutes more.

  4. While sauce is cooking, add spinach to pan in which chicken was cooked. Cook until spinach is slightly wilted, about 2 minutes.

  5. Divide spinach evenly among 4 plates. Top each plate of spinach with a chicken breast, about 1/4 cup apricot sauce and 3/4 tsp. chopped pecans. Serve immediately.

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