Onion Chicken and Homemade Applesauce

Plan Z Phase: This is a Z2 (ZReduction) recipe, submitted by Plan Z dieter, Amy.

Amy says, “My mom wasn’t a cook which I think I’ve told you, so when she made pork chops she would put them in a dish, pour French onion soup (Campbell’s from a can) over them and bake them and serve it with applesauce. They were surprisingly good and simple. I was warmly reminded of it as I ate this.”

This recipe will be your protein, ½ your vegetable and your fruit.

Servings: Serves 2. Can easily be doubled. Or tripled.

Ingredients:

• 1 onion, sliced fine
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 tsp Worcestershire
• 2 tbls fruit pectin (if you want a thicker onion sauce)
• 2 chicken breasts (6-8 oz each)
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 apples, peeled and chopped
• ½ tsp cinnamon (optional)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Put the onions in a small sauté pan with a little bit of olive oil spray and sauté until they get soft and start to turn golden. Add chicken broth, Worcestershire and fruit pectin. Bring to a boil and boil for about 1 minute. Remove from heat to thicken.

Spray a baking dish with olive oil spray and place chicken breasts in the pan. Pour the onion sauce over the chicken and bake for 45 minutes.

While it is baking you can make your applesauce. Put the chopped and peeled apple in a small saucepan with 1 cup water and the cinnamon if desired.  Bring to a boil and then turn down to low boil and let cook, stirring occasionally. The apples will soften and as you stir them they will soften and turn into chunky applesauce.

Let cool while chicken finishes baking. I love the onion flavor mixed with the apple flavor so I eat a bit of the chicken with the onions with some of the applesauce too – I love the apple and onion flavors mixed.

Enjoy!

Cheers,