Northwoods Chicken-Too Good to be Low Carb

[kbaymom]

Northwoods Chicken-Too Good to be Low Carb

2 full skinless, boneless chicken breast - cut up in bite size pieces

4 Tablespoons butter

1 small onion - my husband does not like onions (I use my grinder to make the onions like mush)

3 Tablespoons of Northwoods seasoning *

1 can of chicken broth

1 cup of sour cream

salt and pepper to taste.


Melt the butter in a heavy skillet, and brown the chicken and onions over med-high heat.

In a separate bowl, stir the Northwoods spice into the chicken broth. Pour the mixture over the chicken.

Cover the skillet, turn to burner to low and let simmer for 50 minutes.

When chicken is tender and cooked through, remove it from the skillet and put on a serving platter. Stir the sour cream into the liquid left in the pan, and stir until smooth and well blended. Heat through, but do not let it boil or it will curdle. Salt and pepper to taste and pour gravy over chicken.

My husband likes to have Cauliflower Puree with it to smother in the extra gravy.

There are times when I want extra gravy/sauce, I sometimes add another can of chicken broth and 2 more tablespoons of Northwoods.


* This is a spice by Penzey's. You can buy a small jar on their website www.penzeys.com for $2.29 for a small jar. You might look for a store in your area on the website. Below is the website's description of the seasoning.

This Northern Wisconsin-style blend is a traditional mix that is a perfect seasoning for family-style fried or baked chicken and fish, green salads with oil and vinegar, egg and potato salad, and Door County-style fish boils. Use heavily, 1 tsp. per pound, for meats and vegetables. Hand-mixed from: coarse flake salt, paprika, black pepper, thyme, rosemary, garlic and chipotle.

I also use the Northwoods in eggs on beef, etc.

I was just introduced to Penzey's spices in September. You do have to watch some of their spices have carbs.


We love this recipe. I adopted this recipe from a low carb cookbook. The cookbook has the following information.

Yield: 4 servings, each with 7 grams of carbohydrates and 1 gram of fiber, for a total of 6 grams of usable carbs, and 53 grams of protein. I figure (approx) 9 grams of carbs.

Enjoy! KBayMom

208/183/130 September 7, 2003 start date

[PaulaMM]

Re: Northwoods Chicken-Too Good to be Low Carb

I added red and yellow peppers and some mushrooms to this recipe. Perhaps the veggies added enough water to the recipe to dilute it, but I found myself wishing I had reduced the broth before adding the sour cream for a thicker, more flavorful sauce.

I wasn't sure if I cared for this dish after the first few bites, however, it seemed to grow on me and by the time supper was over, I was enjoying it quite a bit. It's funny, although there was no cheese in the recipe, the dish had a very subtle, pleasant cheese taste. Even hubby noticed it. My kids didn't comment one way or the other. My son ate his, my daughter didn't. Typical.

DH and I agreed that this recipe should be given another shot, omitting the peppers (he hates them, I love them) and reducing the broth before adding the sour cream. All in all, it's pretty good.