Today's recipe is a client favorite. It is also a Cooking Light recipe. It is surprisely easy and quick. Some tips if you don't like raisins, use cherries. If you don't want a huge bottle of Pomegranate juice, look in the OJ section and see if they have a little bottle. You can use the Pomegrante-Blueberry juice. Sake is pretty easy to find - check the wine section, Lowe's Foods carries it. You can serve this with your favorite rice and a green veggie, even a salad with berries, blue cheese and walnuts. ENJOY :-)
Chicken with Pomegranate-Sake Poached Raisins
Most of the sake's alcohol content will evaporate during cooking, but stirring an extra tablespoon of sake into the finished sauce enhances the dish without overpowering it.
Ingredients
4 (6-ounce) skinless boneless chicken breast halves
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
Cooking spray
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sake (rice wine), divided
1/2 cup pomegranate-cherry juice
1/2 cup raisins or dried sweet cherries
Instructions
1. Sprinkle both sides of chicken with salt and red pepper, rubbing to evenly distribute spices. Coat chicken with cooking spray.
2. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray; add chicken. Cook 4 minutes on each side or until browned; add 1/2 cup sake, juice, and raisins. Cover and cook 6 minutes or until chicken is done. Uncover and transfer chicken to individual plates. Cook raisin mixture, stirring constantly, 2 to 3 minutes or until liquid almost evaporates.
3. Remove pan from heat; stir in 1 tablespoon sake. Spoon raisin sauce evenly over chicken.
Yields: 4 Servings
Cooking Light Fresh Food Fast, Oxmoor House, APRIL
notes: Nutritional Information serving size: 1 chicken breast half and 2 tablespoons raisin sauce)
Calories: 280 (7% from fat)
Fat: 2g (sat 0.6g,mono 0.5g,poly 0.5g)
Protein: 39.9g
Carbohydrate: 19.2g
Fiber: 0.7g
Cholesterol: 99mg
Iron: 1.6mg
Sodium: 265mg
Calcium: 28mg
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