A brush of peach preserves pumps up the flavor of grilled chicken breasts. The fruit and veggie salsa is a delicious bonus.
Grilled Chicken Breasts with Cucumber-Peach Salsa
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 30 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup chopped cucumber
- 1/3 cup peach preserves
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint leaves or 1 teaspoon dried mint flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons chopped red onion
- 1 peach or nectarine, peeled, chopped (3/4 cup)
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 1/4 lb)
Instructions
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Step1Heat gas or charcoal grill. In small bowl, mix cucumber, 2 tablespoons of the preserves, the mint, salt, onion and peach; set aside.
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Step2Carefully spray grill rack with cooking spray. Place chicken on grill. Cover grill; cook over medium heat 10 to 15 minutes, turning and brushing 2 or 3 times with remaining peach preserves, until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (170°F). Discard any remaining preserves. Serve chicken with salsa.
Nutrition
260
Calories
4 1/2g
Total Fat
32g
Protein
22g
Total Carbohydrate
16g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 260
- Calories from Fat
- 40
- Total Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 7%
- Saturated Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 6%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 85mg
- 29%
- Sodium
- 230mg
- 10%
- Potassium
- 350mg
- 10%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 22g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 16g
- Protein
- 32g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 4 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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