![]() This is done by adding flour to butter, or in this case olive oil. To make the sauce, you need to make a roux. Turn the chicken with tongs until the chicken is sealed and parts of it have turned golden brown (pic 4) You want to seal the chicken, but you don't want it to cook through.I tend to do 3 batches and use ¼ of a tablespoon of olive oil per batch. I saute the chicken in batches (pic 3).Toss the chicken in the seasoned flour so that they are fully coated (pic 2) Place the flour into a bag or container and season.Cut the large chicken breasts into strips (pic 1).It also browns it and adds to the overall flavour. Sealing the chicken this way stops it from becoming tough when baked. Now it may be tempting to omit this step (as the flour and oil adds a few extra points), but I strongly recommend you don't skip this part. This Chicken, Leek & Mushroom Pie is also a very popular dish. If you are looking for other Weight Watchers friendly chicken recipes, you may like this Chicken Marsala or perhaps this Chicken Tikka Masala. myWW Green plan - 7 SmartPoints per portions.myWW Purple plan - 6 SmartPoints per portion.myWW Blue plan - 6 SmartPoints per portion.Freestyle plan - 6 SmartPoints per portion.Using the official WW recipe builder I have worked out the SmartPoints for this Creamy Chicken Casserole for each of the plans. ![]() It now includes 3 individual plans, giving anyone following the WW program lots of choice about how they use their SmartPoint allocation. Weight Watchers changed their program at the end of 2019. How many SmartPoints in Creamy Chicken Casserole? ![]() Please be aware that this post was written prior to Weight Watchers changing to the WW Personal Points Plan! You can discover exactly how many Personal Points this recipe will be for you by clicking on the blue ‘WW Personal Points’ button in the recipe card below. If you're unable to get hold of half fat creme fraiche or you don't particularly like it, read on for alternatives! This gives it a rich creamy taste and thickens the sauce so that it nicely covers the chicken and mushrooms. Instead of cream I made the sauce by adding skimmed milk to chicken stock, thickening it with a roux and stirring in a couple of spoonfuls of half fat creme fraiche. It isn't made with lashings of cream! Although, it certainly tastes like it does. With Weight Watchers we tend to steer clear of creamy sauces, but this one is different. ![]() The creamy sauce in this casserole is a variation on the sauce that I use to make these Swedish Meatballs. Now that's my kind of Weight Watchers Chicken recipe! It is creamy, filling and delicious and what's more you get a massive portion for your SmartPoints! Not the most pretty looking dish, but what it lacks in style it make up for in taste. If you follow the new WW Personal Points plan then you can find out how many Personal Points this recipe will be for you & track it in your WW App by clicking on the blue button in recipe card below! It's 6 SmartPoints on the myWW Blue plan & the myWW Purple plan and 7 SmartPoints on the myWW Green plan. This Creamy Chicken Casserole is just 6 SmartPoints on Weight Watchers Freestyle plan. ![]()
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