Healthy Lemon Herb Chicken

Healthy lemon herb chicken

1.25 Lb skinless boneless chicken tenderloin strips*
1 Lemon sliced thin
1 C white wine
1 Tbsp thyme
1/2 C all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
3 Tbsp canola oil

Put a large pan with canola oil on stove at medium high heat. Mix flour with salt, pepper, and garlic powder in a large ziplock bag and shake to combine. Rinse chicken under cold water and drip dry then place in bag and shake until well coated. Once oil is hot remove chicken from bag shaking excess flour off each piece then place in pan. Cook 4 minutes on each side or until cooked through  and browned on both sides. Then if you have burned flour in the pan remove chicken and pour out oil and wipe pan out with a paper towel then replace chicken and add the wine. If your oil still looks pretty clean you can leave it and add the wine. Once your wine has come to a boil turn the burner on low and cover chicken and wine and let cook 8 minutes. Then add lemon and cook 2 more minutes. Remove chicken from pan add thyme and simmer 5 minutes until thickened. Put chicken back in pan and toss to coat. Top with shredded parmesan. Then you can serve from pan or on top of angel hair pasta.

*You can also use chicken breasts pounded thinly.

1/6 of chicken has 7.6g fat and 198 calories.

Serving suggestion toss angel hair pasta with some butter, salt, pepper and grated parmesan. Mix in a can of drained peas that you have warmed and top with chicken.

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