Weight Watchers Cajun Chicken and Rice

Weight Watchers Cajun Chicken and Rice Recipe

Weight Watchers Cajun Chicken and Rice Recipe. A healthy, one skillet meal with bell pepper, onion, cumin, chili powder, tomatoes, and olives.

This dish is low calorie, with 173 calories, 2 WW Freestyle Points and 6 Smart Points.

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Weight Watchers Cajun Chicken and Rice

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A healthy, low calorie, spicy one skillet meal with 2 WW Freestyle Points and 6 Smart Points.

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Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 4

Equipment

• Non-stick skillet

Ingredients

 

• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1 clove garlic minced
• ½ green bell pepper chopped
• 1 onion chopped
• ½ tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 2 tsp cajun seasoning
• ⅓ cup long grain brown rice
• ½ cup water
• 14½ oz canned stewed tomatoes
• 4 pimento stuffed olives halved
• 1 cup cooked chicken cubed

Instructions

 

• In a medium sized nonstick skillet, heat oil at medium/high heat.
• Put garlic, onion and green pepper in skillet, while stirring often, cook approx 8 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Add cumin, chili powder, and Cajun seasoning to the skillet. Stir and cook approx 1 minute.
• Put rice in the skillet, stir continuously until grains are coated, approx 1 minute.
• Put water and tomatoes in the skillet, and bring to a boil.
• Cover, reduce heat & simmer, for 15 minutes.
• Put chicken and olives in skillet, cover; cook covered approx 5 minutes or until chicken is hot and rice is done.

Notes

MyWW Points: 2 Blue Plan and 6 Green Plan

2 WW Freestyle Points and 6 Weight Watchers Smart Points

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Nutrition

Serving: 286gCalories: 172.9kcalCarbohydrates: 22.9gProtein: 11.5gFat: 4.3gSaturated Fat: 0.9gCholesterol: 26.2mgSodium: 281.5mgFiber: 2.5gSugar: 6.6g

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