"Italian Stallion" Chicken ~ Clean Eating

They did it again. The "cooks" over at "He and She Eat Clean" came up with another delicious, chicken clean eating recipe. I'm telling you...I love these guys! We have been eating some fabulous clean eating meals at lunch time - all prepped on Sunday - thanks to the recipes on this blog!

Brad and I really liked the seasoning of this chicken. It had a lot more "spice" flavor than the Salsa Chicken (here) did. We usually add whole grain crackers, sprouted grain bread, or brown rice to this dish. Even if you don't want to add carbs, this recipe is yummy on it's own!

"Italian Stallion Chicken"

Ingredients:

• 3-4 lbs of boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 5 medium tomatoes
• 3/4 cup chopped onion (we use Vidalia/Sweet)
• 3 Tbsp minced garlic
• 2 Tbsp tomato paste
• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 Tbsp honey

Dry Ingredients/Spices:

• 1 Tbsp basil
• 1 Tbsp thyme
• 1 Tbsp red pepper flakes
• 1 Tbsp oregano
• 1 tsp rosemary
• 1 tsp parsley
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp bay leaves

Directions:
1.  Mix all ingredients (not including the chicken breasts) together in a blender/food processor (must hold at least 5 cups) and blend for about 30 seconds until ingredients are mixed well.
2.  Place blended pasta sauce in sauce pan and simmer on low/medium heat for about 10-15 minutes until sauce takes on a thicker consistency and a dark shade of red.
3.  Mix chicken breasts and pasta sauce in crock pot and cook on low heat for at least 7 hours.
4.  After 7 hours, you will notice the sauce looks very runny, this is normal.  Remove crock pot from heating base, shred chicken with a wooden spoon or spatula and as it cools, the shredded chicken will absorb the juices from the pasta sauce.

*Side Note: Yet again, the Pinterest idea worked! Shredded chicken in my Kitchen Aid. So easy...so perfect!

Nutritional Information: 

• Calories: 160
• Fat: 2g
• Carbs: 2g
• Protein: 36g

Happy clean eating!