Fast & Easy Dinner


I took out steak for dinner tonight but I am putting them back in and making this instead.....

Fast Chicken and Rice
Start to Finish: 10 min.

Ingredients
1 8.8-ounce package cooked brown or white rice
1/2 cup frozen peas
1 pound chicken breast tenders, halved crosswise
1 tablespoon cooking oil
1/4 cup bottled stir-fry sauce
Packaged oven-roasted sliced almonds

Directions
1. Stir peas into rice pouch. Heat in microwave according to package directions.

2. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook and stir chicken in hot oil over medium-high heat for 2 to 3 minutes or until no longer pink. Stir rice mixture into skillet. Stir in stir-fry sauce; heat through. Sprinkle each serving with almonds. Makes 4 servings.

Nutrition facts per serving:
Calories 311
Total Fat (g) 9
Saturated Fat (g) 1
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 2
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 3
Cholesterol (mg) 66
Sodium (mg) 453
Carbohydrate (g) 25
Total Sugar (g) 1
Fiber (g) 2
Protein (g) 31
Vitamin C (DV%) 5
Calcium (DV%) 3
Iron (DV%) 8

Comments

Suzelle said…
How EASY and YUMMY is this !!!!!! Think I'll add edemame instead of peas though :)
7:54 AM
Susan said…
this sounds fabulous Mo!
I love it when I have everything on hand already...its going on this weeks menu. Thanks!
7:32 AM
Jill said…
10 minutes??? Even I can do 10 minutes of kitchen duties. I'm putting it on the menu for next week. I thank you (and Mikey really thanks you)!
6:49 PM
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