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Plan Z Phase: This is a Z2 (ZReduction) recipe. Normally Chicken Milano is a pasta dish. This one makes a rich, sundried tomato ‘gravy’ to go with plain chicken breasts. You’ll never miss the pasta. Promise.

Servings: Serves 6

Ingredients: 

• 6 chicken breast halves, skinless
• 2 tsp of garlic powder, divided
• sea salt and pepper to taste
• 1 cup of sundried tomatoes cut into dice (use the DRY ones, not the ones packaged in oil)
• 2 cups of organic chicken broth
• 1 cup of heavy cream
• 4 Tbl of basil chiffonade (cut fresh basil into thin strips for garnish)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a large sauté pan add a bit of olive oil spray to coat the pan. Heat. Sprinkle your chicken breasts with a bit of the garlic powder. (You’ll use the rest in the sauce). Grate on a bit of sea salt and pepper.

Put the chicken breasts unseasoned side down in the pan. Cook on medium high for two minute to get a light brown. Then turn over and cook one more minute to lightly brown the other side. Transfer to an oven proof pan and bake for 15 – 20 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.

While the chicken is baking you can make your sauce. In a medium sauce pan, add about a ¼ cup of the chicken broth. Then put in the tomatoes and the garlic powder. Stir and begin cooking to loosen the tomato.  Then add the rest of the chicken broth and cook on medium – high to a light boil to reduce the sauce and thicken it a bit. Don’t let it boil over. Turn down if necessary. 10 minutes total. Now add your cream and stir.  Keep on medium and let the cream begin to thicken. Stir often. You want it to coat the back of a spoon. If it’s done before the chicken, turn off and let set. Don’t boil again. If you need to reheat it, keep it on low to do so.

(optional)… I put half of my sauce in a small blender to puree it. If you do this be very careful when blending hot liquids. You can also just leave it as it was. Both will taste great. If you blend half, then add it back to the other sauce and stir to combine).

Each dieter gets 2 – 3 Tbl of sauce (remember your cream allotment for the day is 4 Tbl so I am factoring in that maybe you had some with your coffee). There will be extra sauce so non-dieters can have more. This is a rich sauce so if you are a dieter you won’t feel deprived.

Garnish with the basil chiffonade.

Enjoy!

Cheers,

P.S. Your veggie allotment will be just under one cup. You need to factor in that you’ve got some sundried tomatoes in your sauce.