Monday, January 14, 2008

Chicken Spinach Salad

from The Dinner Diva

Serves 6

1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken tenders
1 cup bottled barbecue sauce (your favorite)
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 bags packed baby spinach
1 1/2 cups slivered red onion
1 can mandarin oranges, peeled and sliced or sectioned*

Stir together chicken tenders and half the barbecue sauce in medium bowl. Let stand 5 minutes.

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and sauce; stir-fry until chicken is cooked. Toss cooked chicken in remaining barbecue sauce.

Arrange spinach, onion and oranges on 6 individual plates.

Top with chicken. Serve immediately.

Per Serving: 185 Calories; 2g Fat; 29g Protein; 11g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 70mg Cholesterol; 448mg Sodium. Exchanges: 3 1/2 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates

SERVING SUGGESTIONS: Some bread and a bowl of baby carrots ought tomake it easy.

2 comments:

Wendi said...

Yummy! This sounds good!

kelly said...

this sounds great. i'm a sucker for bbq sauce.