Light Mexican Chicken

Submitted by Amanda Beth

"This is a fajita-type filling for tortillas. It is only 2 ww points per serving.It is made without any oil. Fast, easy, and good!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 8 ounces uncooked boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips
• 1 small onion, quartered and sliced
• 1⁄8 cup lemon juice, bottled or canned (you can use fresh)
• 1⁄4 cup water
• 14 1⁄2 ounces canned stewed tomatoes, drained
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon table salt
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1⁄8 teaspoon red pepper flakes

directions

1. Cook chicken and onion in lemon juice and water until fully cooked, and the onions are softened.
2. The chicken will brown lightly.
3. Add remaining ingredients and cook until slightly thickened.
4. Serve with low-fat tortillas.

Reviews

[OB Nurse]

I've made this twice now. Wonderful! Cooking the chicken in lemon juice and water really makes it tender and not greasy. It has a wonderful flavor, but not lemony as I expected (which is good, I didn't want that). In fact, I now use this method to cook the chicken for other recipes. The first time I used small flour tortillas and had them as fajitas with cheese and sour cream. The second time, I put the chicken in pre-made taco shells with cheese, sour cream, and lettuce as tacos. Both were delicious. From cutting up the chicken to eat time was about 40 minutes. Definitely will stay in my cookbook for frequent use. I made this again tonight, but added a can of black beans when adding the tomatoes--really good!

 

[jenpalombi]

This was very good. Served alone in a low-fat tortilla, it was a healthy meal for me, but the family was free to "junk it up" with sour cream and cheese and have a meal that made them happy too. Thanks for posting.