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Chicken with Creamy Cucumber Sauce

Chicken with Creamy Cucumber Sauce

Love savory sauces, but hate the fat? Now you can enjoy thick, creamy sauce without worrying about the consequences.


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Here's the skinny:

1 8-ounce carton sour cream > 3/4 cup Yoplait® Fat Free Plain Yogurt 
1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese > 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions 
1/2 teaspoon salt > 1/4 teaspoon salt

Nutritional Highlights

Calories
270  (before)

150  (after)
Total Fat
15 g (before)

1 1/2 g (after)
Saturated Fat
8 g (before)

1/2 g (after)
Sodium
520 mg (before)

250 mg (after)
Calcium (%DV)
15 % (before)

10 % (after)
Prep Time:20 min
Start to Finish:35 min
makes:4 Servings

3/4 cup Yoplait® Fat Free Plain Yogurt 
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
2 teaspoons snipped fresh mint or 1/2 teaspoon dried mint, crushed 
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup chopped, seeded cucumber
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves (1 to 1 1/4 pounds total)
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
Fresh mint leaves (optional)


1  In a medium bowl combine yogurt, green onions, snipped or dried mint, cumin, salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Transfer half of the yogurt mixture to a small bowl; set aside. For cucumber-yogurt sauce, stir cucumber into remaining yogurt mixture.
2  Sprinkle chicken breasts with 1/8 teaspoon pepper.
3  Place chicken on the unheated rack of a broiler pan. Broil 4 to 5 inches from the heat for 6 minutes. Turn chicken. Broil for 6 to 9 minutes more or until chicken is tender and no longer pink, brushing chicken with reserved yogurt mixture during the last half of broiling.
4  Serve chicken with the cucumber-yogurt sauce. If desired, garnish with fresh mint.

Nutritional Information

1 chicken breast half plus 2 tablespoons sauce: Calories 150 (Calories from Fat 10); Total Fat 1 1/2g (Saturated Fat 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 65mg; Sodium 250mg; Total Carbohydrate 5g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 4g); Protein 29g % Daily Value Vitamin A 3%; Vitamin C 6%; Calcium 10%; Iron 6% Exchanges 4 Very Lean Meat, 0 Fat Carbohydrate Choices