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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
3 whole chicken breasts, halved, boned,
and skinned
6 sprigs tarragon
3 shallots, minced
1/4 cup dry white wine
1 lb sliced mushrooms
Salt, to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
Aluminum foil, as needed
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Tear 6 squares of aluminum foil large
enough to encase the chicken.
On a each piece of foil, place a chicken breast. Place on top of each
breast dividing evenly, all the remaining ingredients. Fold the foil over
to seal. Place the chicken packets on a baking sheet. Bake for about 15
minutes.
Place the packets on individual plates and have each person open their own.
Be careful when opening hot foil.
This recipe yields 6 servings. Serving size: 3-4 ounces.
Exchanges Per Serving: 4 Very Lean Meat, 1 Vegetable.
Nutrition Facts: Calories 163; Total Fat 3g; Saturated Fat 1g; Calories
from fat 30; Cholesterol 73mg; Sodium 89mg; Total Carbohydrate 4g;
Dietary Fiber 1g; Sugars 1g; Protein 28g.
Source:
"American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"07-11-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© American Diabetes Association, 1999"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 293 Calories; 14g Fat (44.3%
calories from fat); 33g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 93mg
Cholesterol; 98mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 4 1/2 Lean Meat; 1
Vegetable.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contributor: n/a
Preparation Time: 0:00
Servings: 6
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