Chicken with Cranberry Sauce

So the other night I whipped up this quick meal using a recipe from "Easy Dinners Healthy Recipes" by Carrie Holcomb (click here to see the book on Amazon). I am quickly becoming a fan of this book, as the recipes are quick and simple, and modifications are a snap.

Since I didn't have some of the ingredients, I made a few substitutions. The original recipe is given below, with my changes in blue.

Chicken with Cherry Sauce

Ingredients:

• 4 small skinless, boneless chicken breast halves (about 12 oz. total)
• Ground nutmeg (used freshly grated nutmeg)
• 1/3 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
• 1/3 cup unsweetened pineapple juice (used orange juice, though juice from canned pineapple should work as well here)
• 2 tsp. cornstarch
• 1 tsp. brown sugar
• Dash ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup dried tart red cherries or golden raisins, coarsely chopped (didn't have these on hand, so used dried cranberries instead, but I guess I missed the chopping step again)
• Hot cooked long grain and wild rice mix (optional) (didn't have the wild rice mix, so just added some summer savory spice to the rice that I heated on the stove in a pan with a little butter)

Directions:

1. Sprinkle chicken lightly with nutmeg. Place chicken, boned side up, on the unheated rack of a broiler pan. Broil 4 to 5 inches from the heat for 7 minutes. Turn chicken; broil for 5 to 8 minutes more or until chicken is tender and no longer pink.
2. Meanwhile, for sauce, in a small saucepan combine broth, pineapple juice, cornstarch, brown sugar, and pepper. Mix well. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Stir in cherries or raisins. Cook and stir for 2 minutes more.
3. To serve, spoon sauce over chicken. If desired, serve with hot cooked rice mix. Also, blanched green beans are a great complement to this dish.

Nutrition Facts per serving: 137 calories, 2 g total fat, 45 mg cholesterol, 74 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrate, 17 g protein.

Quick and easy, just the way I like my recipes.

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