French Onion Chicken

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 500 g chicken breast fillets
• 1 tablespoon plain flour
• 1 (40 g) packet french onion soup mix
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 slices bacon (rindless with fat trimmed for lowfat version)
• 1 medium onion
• 1 cup water
• 200 ml sour cream (light if you like)
• 1 cup couscous (optional)
• 1 cup frozen vegetables (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cube chicken fillets and place in plastic bag. add flour and soup mix to the bag and shake until chicken is coated. don't worry if there seems to be a lot of dry mix left in the bag.
• 2 place coated chicken and oil into frying pan leaving the left over dry mix in the bag to the side.
• 3 brown the chicken and remove from the pan.
• 4 dice the bacon and onion and place in the frying pan where the chicken was cooked and cook until onion is translucent.
• 5 add the chicken back into the frying pan with the bacon and onion.
• 6 take the left over dry mixture and add to the cup of water and mix. pour this mixture over the ingredients in the frying pan.
• 7 simmer for around 20 minutes adding more water if needed.
• 8 while this is simmering prepare the couscous as directed on the packet and heat the frozen vegetables (i use the microwave).
• 9 after the 20 minutes, or when you are happy the chicken is cooked, add the sour cream mixing well. at this point i chuck in the prepared couscous and the vegetable but you can just add the vegetables and serve the chicken mixture over the couscous.