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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
4 chicken breasts - (skinned and bone, d, - and cut in
1 cup picante sauce*
2 package sugar substitute
4 tsp dijon-style mustard
Directions
(*found in Mexican food section of market)
Mix picante sauce, sugar substitute, and mustard. Marinate chicken
breasts in this mixture for 4 to 8 hours in the refrig- erator.
When coals have turned white, place chicken breasts on the grill. Turn
after about five minutes. They should be done in 10-15 min- utes.
Using a long handled brush, and wearing mitts, brush on marinade when
grilling.
One serving (1/2 breast) = 4 Lean-Meat Exchanges; 154 calories; 3 gm
carbohydrate; 27 gm protein; 3 gm fat; 0 gm fiber; 217 mg so- dium;
73 mg cholesterol.
From: FRED MUELLER
Servings: 8
Diet Grilled Picante Chicken Recipe brought to you by Diet Recipes To-Go
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