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Weight Watchers Recipe of the Day: Chicken Picadillo
If you’re not familiar with Picadillo here’s a little history. It’s a traditional meat dish in most Latin American countries as well as Spain, but the ingredients do vary from region to region.
Most often it is made with ground beef, chopped tomatoes and various regional ingredients. You’ll usually find it served with rice, tortillas, as a filling for tacos, empanadas and fritters, and in croquettes.
This ground chicken (or turkey) version is an easy to prepare Weight Watchers-friendly recipe that takes only 30 minutes from start to finish.
Ingredients
- Olive oil
- Onion
- Garlic
- Ground skinless chicken breast
- Canned diced tomatoes
- Raisins
- Pimiento-stuffed green olives
- Ground cumin
- Salt and pepper
- Slivered almonds
How to Make Chicken Picadillo, Step-by-Step
Step 1: Gather and prepare all ingredients.
Step 2: In a large non-stick skillet over medium heat, heat the olive oil. Stir in the onion and garlic and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
Step 3: Add the ground chicken and cook, stirring to break up the clumps, until browned, about 8 minutes.
Step 4: Stir in the tomatoes, raisins, olives, cumin, salt and pepper, and increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil.
Step 5: Reduce heat to low and simmer until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
Step 6: Stir in the almonds just before serving.
How Many Calories and WW Points in this Chicken Picadillo?
Each generous 1-cup serving of Chicken Picadillo has about 278 calories.
To see your WW Points for this recipe, track it in the WW App!
(You must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.)
5 SmartPoints (Green plan)
4 SmartPoints (Blue plan)
4 SmartPoints (Purple plan)
7 PointsPlus (Old plan)
If you prefer, you can substitute skinless ground turkey breast for the chicken. Enjoy!
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Weight Watchers Chicken Picadillo Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 pound ground skinless chicken breast
- 1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup pimiento-stuffed green olives, coarsely chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds
Instructions
- In a large non-stick skillet over medium heat, heat the olive oil. Stir in the onion and garlic and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Add ground chicken and cook, stirring and breaking up the clumps, until browned, about 8 minutes.
- Stir in tomatoes, raisins, olives, cumin, salt and pepper, increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to low and simmer until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in the almonds just before serving.
Notes
(Must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.) 5 SmartPoints (Green plan) 4 SmartPoints (Blue plan) 4 SmartPoints (Purple plan) 7 PointsPlus (Old plan)
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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We love it. It has everything, sweet, savory, salty. Delicious!
So quick and tastly. I really like this for a quick meal.