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Chicken with Lemon-Caper Sauce


"This zesty entree is on the table in only 20 minutes. Serve with a simple side dish of pasta tossed with your choice of steamed vegetables."
Original recipe yield: 4 servings.
Servings:
4

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1/4 teaspoon salt, divided
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, divided
  • 4 (4 ounce) skinned, boned chicken breast halves
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • cooking spray
  • 1/3 cup extra-dry vermouth
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons capers
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Sprinkle 1/8 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper evenly over chicken. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 6 minutes on each side or until chicken is done. Remove from skillet. Set aside; keep warm.
  2. Add 1/8 teaspoon salt, 1/8 teaspoon pepper, vermouth, lemon juice, and capers to skillet, scraping skillet to loosen browned bits. Cook until reduced to 1/4 cup (about 2 minutes). Stir in parsley. Spoon sauce over chicken.


Reprinted with permission of Cooking Light® magazine. All rights reserved.

CALORIES 163 (27% from fat); FAT 4.8g (sat 0.8g, mono 2.8g, poly 0.6g); PROTEIN 26.5g; CARB 2.1g; FIBER 0.1g; CHOL 66mg; IRON 1mg; SODIUM 474mg; CALC 17mg