This One-Pot Spanish Chicken and Rice Skillet is full of flavor and perfect for an easy weeknight meal.
Yield: 4(about 1 1/4 cup) servings
Ingredients
1tablespoonolive oil
1lbboneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
½teaspoonsalt
½teaspoonblack pepper
½cupchopped onion
3garlic cloves, minced
1cupuncooked long grain white rice, use brown rice if following the myWW Purple plan
1 ½teaspoonspaprika
1 ½cupslow sodium fat free chicken broth
1cupcanned tomato sauce
1tablespoonlemon zest
12Manzanilla olives, cut in half (the green ones stuffed with pimentos)
1tablespoonchopped cilantro
*optional add-in* 1 tablespoon capers, I like these and had them on hand so I tossed them in at the end, but they’re not necessary
Instructions
Place the oil in a large saute pan or walled skillet and bring over medium heat. Add the chicken and sprinkle with the salt and pepper. Stir to coat the chicken and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes.
Add the onion and garlic, stir, and cook for another 2-4 minutes until the chicken pieces are cooked and the onion is softened a bit. Add the rice and stir together. Cook for another 1-2 minutes and then stir in the paprika until everything is well combined.
Add the broth and tomato sauce and stir together. Bring the mixture to a boil and then reduce the heat to low and cover the pan. Simmer for 20-25 minutes until the rice is cooked (mine was done at 20 minutes, but I think my burners run slightly hot – you may want to check at 20 and stir it around to see if you need more time).
Add the lemon zest (you can add some juice to taste as well if you love lemon), olives and cilantro and stir together.
Notes
To view your current WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!WW Points per (1 & ¼ cup) serving: 7 (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)Nutrition Information per (1 ¼ cup) serving:400 calories, 46 g carbs, 4 g sugars, 9 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 32 g protein, 3 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com)MyWW SmartPoints per (1 ¼ cup) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)Green: 8 SmartPoints/ Blue: 6 SmartPoints/ Purple: 2 SmartPoints (if using brown rice, if not then use Blue points)Weight Watchers Points Plus: 10 per (1 ¼ cup) serving (PP calculated using a Weight Watchers brand PointsPlus calculator and the nutrition information below)Lightly adapted from Ahead of Thyme