Weight Watchers Cajun chicken recipe

This one-pot Weight Watchers Cajun chicken is bursting with flavour and takes only 15 mins to prep, letting the oven do the hard work for you.

This one-pot Weight Watchers Cajun chicken is one of our favourite recipes. Each tender cut of chicken is infused with Cajun spice, garlic and stewed in chicken stock. This family-sized dish serves around 4 people. Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 days. If you want to add some more veggies to this dish to up your 5-a-day count we recommend tenderstem broccoli, spinach or a handful of tinned or frozen sweetcorn kernels.

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Ingredients

• Calorie controlled cooking spray
• 4 x 150g skinless boneless chicken breast fillets, cut into chunks
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 red and 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and finely sliced
• 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme, plus a few sprigs to garnish
• 2-3 tsps Cajun seasoning
• 200g white rice
• 150g green beans
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• 600ml hot chicken stock, made with 1 cube (ensure gluten free)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C, fan 180°C, gas mark 6. Mist a large, shallow, flameproof casserole dish with the cooking spray, add the chicken and cook for 5 minutes until golden.
2. Add the onion, peppers and garlic, then cook for 5 minutes. Add the chopped thyme and Cajun seasoning, then cook for 2 minutes.
3. Stir in the rice and beans. In a jug, mix the tomato purée into the stock then pour over the chicken mixture. Cover then transfer to the oven. Bake for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
4. Allow to stand for a couple of minutes then serve garnished with the thyme sprigs.