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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
4 boneless chicken breasts - (6 oz ea, with skin
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 garlic clove, minced
8 slice bacon
8 small fresh thyme sprigs
1/2 cup chicken stock or water
1 cup whipping cream
Salt, to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Lightly salt and pepper the chicken breasts. Wrap two pieces of bacon
around each chicken breast, forming an X in the middle of the skin side of
each breast. Tuck two sprigs of thyme behind the bacon.
Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan that can go into the oven over
medium-high heat. Place the chicken breasts, bacon-side down in the pan
and cook until the bacon and chicken skin is browned. Turn over and cook
until the other side is browned.
Drain off the fat and add the stock or water, cream and garlic. Bring to a
boil and place in the oven. Bake uncovered for 15 to 20 minutes until the
cream has thickened.
Remove from the oven and season with salt and pepper. Let rest a few
minutes before serving.
This recipe yields 4 servings.
Total Carbohydrates: 7.592 grams
Total Carbohydrates minus Fiber: 7.529 grams
Carbohydrates per Serving: 1.89 grams
Carbohydrates per Serving minus Fiber: 1.88 grams
Source:
"Karen's Gourmet Low-Carb Recipes at http://www.lowcarb.ca"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"05-29-2003 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 309 Calories; 32g Fat (91.0%
calories from fat); 5g Protein; 2g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 92mg
Cholesterol; 225mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0
Non-Fat Milk; 6 Fat.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contributor: Karen Barnaby
Preparation Time: 0:00
Servings: 4
Diet Chicken With Bacon, Cream And Thyme Recipe brought to you by Diet Recipes To-Go
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