Chicken Mashed Potato Bake Recipe


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chicken-mashed-potato-bake

Try this chicken mashed potato bake for a new dinner idea. This meal has everything in one dish with the chicken, veggies and potatoes. It's quick and easy as it is what I like to call semi homemade. In just 30 minutes, you can serve this hot and tasty meal to your family.

So if you are short on time, then give this a go.

It's a WW FreeStyle friendly recipe as the main ingredient is skinless chicken breast - only 5 SmartPoints for this meal.

Below are the list of ingredients, directions, recipe nutrition information and Weight Watchers points.



Chicken Mashed Potato Bake Recipe


This chicken entree is a perfect comfort food for a cold night. No need for sides as it's all in one dish...perhaps a tasty dessert is in order though.

Recipe Type:

Chicken, Main Dish

Degree of Difficulty:

Easy

Ingredients

  • 3 oz (1-oz.) packages chicken gravy mix
  • 3 cups cubed, cooked chicken breast, skinless
  • 3 cups frozen mixed vegetables
  • 4 cups frozen mashed potatoes

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Prepare gravy mix according package directions in skillet.
  3. Add cubed chicken and frozen vegetables to gravy.
  4. Bring to a boil.
  5. Cover and reduce heat. Simmer for 10 minutes
  6. Place gravy mixture into 4-quart backing dish.
  7. Prepare frozen potatoes according to package.
  8. Spoon mashed potatoes on top of gravy mix.
  9. Place into oven and bake until potatoes are slightly brown, approximately 15 minutes.

Cooking Times

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cooking Time: 25 minutes

Nutrition Facts

Nutrition facts shown below are per serving for this chicken mashed potato bake. The number of serving is noted in the header section below. The serving size is the first item noted on the nutrition facts table.


Nutrition Per Serving

Number of Servings: 6
Serving Size n/a
Calories 376
Total Fat 5.4g
      Sat Fat 1.5g
Cholesterol 54.5mg
Sodium 972.1mg
Total Carbohydrates 57.9g
      Fiber 10.9g
      Sugar 3g
Protein 27.2g

MyWW Points

Green: 6 pts
Blue: 5 pts
Purple: 5 pts

Other Weight Watchers Points

Points
Plus:
6 pts
Original
Points:
5 pts

The chicken breast and veggies were not used for the MyWW Blue and Purple points. The veggies were not used for the other points.

Tips

Instead of using prepared potatoes, you can make your own for a more homemade taste. I personally like lumpy mashed potatoes so I make my own.

In addition to this chicken mashed potato bake, try this chicken and dumpling recipe

Found this chicken bake that uses cubed potatoes. My husband made this, and of course add his own Chef Douglas twist on it, and it was really good.

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