Ginger Beer Chicken | Weight Watchers
This Ginger Beer Chicken is simple to make, tastes delicious and is just 2 SmartPoints per portion on Weight Watchers Blue and Purple plans and 3 SmartPoints on the Green plan. Succulent and tasty this chicken is full of flavour and is perfect served over rice or mashed potato!
Servings 4
Calories 180kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 4 medium chicken breasts boneless & skinless
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 2 - 3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 can sugar free ginger beer 12floz
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170°C / 325°F
- Place ½ tablespoon of the oil in a skillet and heat over a medium to high heat.
- Place the chicken breasts in the skillet and sear for a couple of minutes before flipping over to sear the other side. You are not cooking the chicken through at this stage - you will do this in the oven later. The purpose is to brown the chicken slightly so that when it is baked in the oven later it retains it moisture and is juicy and succulent!
- Remove the chicken breasts from the skillet and place in an oven proof dish. Cover with kitchen foil and set aside.
- Using the skillet that you used to cook the chicken, add the remains of the oil and then add the chopped onions.
- Cook the onions over a medium heat, stirring often, until they have softened and have started to brown.
- Once the onions have begun to brown and are nice and soft add the can of ginger beer, the Worcestershire sauce and a little salt and pepper.
- Bring the sauce to a boil then reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for approx 15 minutes or until the sauce has reduced by ⅓ or so. You want the sauce to have started to thicken slightly and darken in colour a little.
- Remove from the heat, remove the kitchen foil from the chicken and pour the sauce over the chicken breasts,
- Place in the centre of your preheated oven.
- Bake for 35 to 45 minutes until the sauce has thickened and the chicken is cooked through (use a meat thermometer to check this - the internal temperature needs to be 165°F).
- Serve, enjoy and track!
Notes
Please be aware that the nutritional information below has been automatically generated. It should therefore be considered as an estimate.
The above nutritional information does not account for variations in product brands and types, weights of individual ingredients etc and does not account for many ingredients being zero SmartPoints on the WW plan. Therefore, using these numbers in your WW calculator will often give you an INACCURATE SmartPoint value!
PointedKitchen.com has calculated Weight Watchers Smart Points based on the individual ingredients used to make this recipe and not from the following nutritional information. PointedKitchen.com is not responsible for any loss or damage relating to your reliance on this nutritional information.
PointedKitchen.com has calculated Weight Watchers Smart Points based on the individual ingredients used to make this recipe and not from the following nutritional information. PointedKitchen.com is not responsible for any loss or damage relating to your reliance on this nutritional information.
Nutrition
Serving: 1portion | Calories: 180kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g