Chicken and Garden Vegetables

Chicken and Garden Vegetables

Prep Time: 35 minutes. Start to Finish: 35 minutes. Serves 4

Ingredients:

8 slices of bacon, cut into ½ inch pieces

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 ¼ pounds)

½ teaspoon garlic salt

¼ teaspoon coarsely ground pepper

¼ cup water

½ pound green beans, trimmed, but left whole

1 medium yellow bell pepper, chopped

2 medium plum roma tomatoes, cut lengthwise in half, then slices (about 1 cup)

½ cup balsamic vinaigrette dressing or Italian dressing

Directions:

In 12-inch nonstick skillet, cook bacon over medium heat 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until crisp

Sprinkle both sides of chicken with garlic salt and pepper,  add chicken to bacon in skillet

Cook 3 to 5 minutes or until browned on both sides, discard excess bacon drippings if necessary

Add water and green beans to skillet, cover and cook over medium-low heat 8 minutes

Stir in bell pepper, cover and cook 3 to 5 minutes, turning and stirring vegetables occasionally, until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (170°F)

Stir in tomatoes and dressing, cook uncovered about 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes are thoroughly heated