Healthy Chicken a la King
A healthy version of a family favorite recipe: Chicken a la King.
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 2 tablespoons of butter
- 1 onion chopped
- 16 oz of mushrooms chopped
- 1/2 cup of chopped bell pepper
- 1 tablespoon of parsley chopped
- 1/2 tsp of thyme
- 1 tsp of salt
- 1/2 tsp of black pepper
- pinch of cayenne
- pinch of nutmeg
- 1/2 of chicken broth if you don't have any left in your skillet
- 4 oz of cream cheese
- 1/4 tsp of glucomannan
- Optional: if you need more liquid to make your sauce, add in more chicken broth
Instructions
- Heat large skillet on medium high heat.
- Melt 2 tablespoons of butter.
- Cook chicken on each side for 10 minutes or until cooked through.
- Remove chicken, leave juice and butter in skillet.
- Add chopped vegetables to skillet with juice left in skillet.
- Add salt.
- Saute vegetables until tender.
- While vegetables are cooking, cube your chicken breasts.
- Add in seasonings and spices: pepper, cayenne, thyme, parsley, and nutmeg
- Reduce heat to medium.
- Melt in cubed cream cheese.
- Once melted, sprinkle in glucomannan if you want a thicker sauce.
- Add your cubed chicken back to skillet and stir into sauce.
- Simmer until read to serve.