Creole Poached Chicken

By aggiemom220

Ingredients

• 2 tbs olive oil
• 2 onions chopped
• 1 green pepper chopped
• 1 celery stalk chopped
• 1/2 carrot chopped
• 1 141/2 oz can stewed tomatoes (sub Rotel if you want it spicier)
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 2 tbs chopped fresh parsley (if you only have dried cut back to 1 tbs)
• 2 tsp ground thyme
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp cayenne
• 4-5 boneless skinless chicken breast

Preparation

Step 1

In non stick skillet heat oil. Saute onion, pepper,carrot and celery until tender. About 4-5 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients except chicken. Add chicken and bring to a boil. Parially cover with lid and poach until chicken is done, approxiametly 10-15 minutes-could be more if thicker breasts

With slotted spoon transfer chicken to platter. Simmer sauce until reduced by half 4-5 minutes. Pour over chicken.

You can substitute shrimp or fish and still great.
This is a Weight Watchers recipe so you can add extra seasonings to spice it up a bit.