Chicken and Rice Avgolemono recipe
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Yeildings: 6servings
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1 tb Vegetable oil

1 c Chopped onion

12 ea 3-ounce skinned drumsticks

3 c Low-sodium chicken broth

6 oz Long grain white rice

1/2 c Egg substitute

2 tb Flour

2 Lemons; juiced OR...

3 oz -Reconstituted lemon juice

20 oz Frozen chopped spinach

- thawed, thoroughly drained -- and squeezed dry

6 Sprigs fresh dill; chopped

-OR-

2 ts -Dried dill

--------------------------------FOR GARNISH-------------------------------- Lemon slices (optional)

In large nonstick saucepan, heat oil. Add chopped onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender. Add drumsticks and brown on all sides; remove drumsticks to a plate.

Add chicken broth and rice to saucepan and stir until rice grains are separated. Return chicken to pan; cover and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 15 minutes.

While chicken and rice are simmering, whisk together egg substitute, flour and lemon juice in a small bowl; set aside.

With slotted spoon, remove cooked drumsticks to a plate and keep warm. Add spinach and dill to rice mixture and cook over medium heat; stirring frequently, until rice has absorbed all the liquid in the pan, about 5 minutes. Pour in egg mixture and stir until just heated through, about 1 minute.

To serve, spoon rice mixture onto serving platter; top with chicken and garnish with lemon slices.

Each serving (2 drumsticks plus a scant cup of rice mixture) provides: * 1/2 FA, 1 3/4 V, 3-1/4 P, 1 B, 25 C,

Per serving: * 340 cal, 32 g prot, 33 g car, * 8 g fat: 3 g poly, 2 g mono, 2 g sat * 207 mg sod, 79 mg chol

Source: Wonderful World of Walnuts & Rice (Weight Watchers Magazine in association with The Rice Council and The Walnut Marketing Board)

Reprinted with permission from USA Rice Council Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

  
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