A Sunday night quick dinner fix...

Tonight's dinner turned out well.  It was a new recipe that I got off the Weight Watcher's website and tweaked a little.  Makayla seemed a little worried, she doesn't like her food to touch (too funny!) and this is an all in the pot kind of recipe, but she loved it.

Lemon Chicken with Broccoli
Yields four 1 c. servings

2 TB of flour
1/2 tsp of table salt, divided
1/4 tsp black pepper, freshly ground
12 oz uncooked boneless skinless chicken breasts, thinly sliced
2 tsp olive oil
1 1/2 cups organic reduced sodium chicken broth
2 tsp minced garlic
2 1/2 cups uncooked broccoli cut into small florets
3 tsp lemon zest
2 TB dried parsley
2 TB fresh lemon juice

Coat chicken with 1 1/2 TB of flour, 1/3 tsp of salt and pepper.

Heat oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.  Add chicken and cook, turning as needed until browned lightly and cooked through (this took about 8 minutes). Remove from pan.

Add 1 cup of broth and garlic to the same skillet, bring to a boil over high heat, scrapping up browned bits from bottom of pan with a wooden spoon.  Add broccoli, cover and cook 2 minutes

In a small cup, stir together remaining 1/2 cup of broth, 1/2 tablespoon of flour and 1/4 tsp of salt.  Add to skillet and bring to a simmer over low heat.

Cover and cook until broccoli is tender and sauce is slightly thickened, about 2 minutes.  Stir in chicken and lemon zest.  Heat through.

Remove skillet from heat and stir in parsley and lemon juice, toss to coat.

I served this over white rice and with mini pitas for a 14 ppv dinner
This includes 1 1/2 cups of chicken and broccoli, 1 cup of white rice and 2 mini pitas.

*In the future I will add a small amount of red pepper flakes to my plate for a little heat and possibly a little more lemon zest for extra flavor.  

The prep and cook time was about 25 minutes for this recipe.  Not bad!