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This collection of the Best Chicken Recipes for people following the Weight Watchers program includes both low point lunch and dinner recipes.
Chicken is a Weight Watchers friend! Full of goodness, it has less saturated fat than red meats and is filling and for many people is zero Points.
Whether you are looking for new and exciting lunch ideas or looking for a low point dinner recipe you will find some good choices here.
Is Chicken Zero Points?
This depends on whether you chose Chicken as one of your food choices when you first filled in your WW Personal Points questionnaire!
If you said YES to chicken then skinless boneless chicken breast will be zero points for you along with skinless, boneless ground / minced chicken.
Other chicken products such as chicken thighs, processed chicken and the dark meat will have to be pointed.
Check your WW app or with your WW coach if you are unsure about how to work out the Points.
Safety Tips for Cooking Chicken
Wash your hands, cutting boards etc in hot soapy water immediately after they have been in contact with raw chicken.
Keep one cutting board separate for preparing chicken & raw meat.
Cook all chicken thoroughly. The best way of checking that chicken is cooked through is to use a meat thermometer. It should be cooked to at least 165 degree F internal temp.
Refrigerate any uneaten chicken within two hours of cooking. Leftovers can be kept in a refrigerator and will be safe to eat for two or three days.
A number of these recipes can be batch cooked and frozen, but you will need to check the individual recipe to make sure.
Ten of the Best Chicken Recipes for Weight Watchers.
Chicken Pot Pie | Weight Watchers
This Weight Watchers friendly Chicken Pot Pie is a lovely comforting low point dinner.
This one pot Chicken & Bean Casserole packs a lot of flavour and served with zero point vegetables it makes a perfect low point dinner.
Hearty Chicken Noodle Soup
This hearty Chicken Noodle Soup can be served on its own for lunch or with a chunk of fresh french bread for a filling and tasty main meal.
This hugely popular Creamy Chicken Casserole is not the most pretty looking dish, but what it lacks in style it make up for in taste.
It is creamy, filling and delicious and what’s more you get a massive portion for your Points!
This Chicken Leek & Mushroom pie is topped with a crunchy phyllo pastry top!
Sweet and Sour Chicken | Weight Watchers
I absolutely love this recipe!
A generous portion of this Sweet & Sour Chicken is low in points (even zero points for some!)
Serve with this hugely popular Egg Fried Rice and you've got yourself a fantastic low Point meal.
Chicken Marsala
Traditional Chicken Marsala recipes are often high in fat and therefore high in points. This recipe has been adapted to make a Weight Watchers friendly version that doesn’t disappoint in taste.
This simple and tasty Chicken Fajita filling can be piled into your favourite low point tortilla wraps with a spoonful of salsa and some fat free Greek yogurt for a very tasty, filling and low point Weight Watchers meal.
Chipotle Chicken Casserole
This simple, tasty one pot Chipotle Chicken Casserole is full of healthy and filling beans, it makes a perfect Weight Watchers meal. It is easy to freeze and takes minutes to reheat in the microwave.
Chicken Tikka Masala
This low point Chicken Tikka Masala is adapted from the Tom Kerridge book ‘Lose Weight for Good’.
It does take quite a lot of preparation and cooking but is totally worth it!
Serve with a low point garlic naan and a side of rice for a really decadent dinner!
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Poultry is included as a ZeroPoint food group because it's an excellent source of lean protein and is nutrient-dense, providing key vitamins and minerals. Protein can help you feel fuller longer and plays an important role in bone and muscle health.
Stir-frying is one of the healthiest ways to cook chicken. Stir-fried lean, skinless chicken breast has the lowest fat content and is a great source of a vitamin called niacin. It has high levels of unsaturated (generally good) fats and the lowest levels of saturated (generally bad) fats.
The following ARE ZeroPoint foods for WeightWatchers members: Chicken breast: skinless, boneless, whole, ground or deli-sliced; raw, cooked, or smoked in 0 Points-value sauces or spices. Ground chicken or turkey that is labeled “breast” or “extra lean” or at least 98% fat free/2% fat.
Full of fiber and protein, these foods also support overall health, keep you full, and bulk up and add flavor to your meals. And, of course, you can eat as much as you like.
Chicken helps lose overall body weight if consumed as a healthy and balanced diet. In the process, one can also lose belly fat. While eating chicken, remember to opt for lean chicken breast; it is a good source of protein with fewer calories.
If your main aim is weight loss, then the best type of chicken you can opt for is- skinless, boneless chicken breast. Do you know that 3-ounce serving of skinless, boneless chicken breast provides just 140 calories, a whopping 26 grams of protein, and just 3 grams of fat?
While a meat-only diet can help with weight loss, it comes with some serious potential downsides, including essential nutrient deficiencies, unhealthy eating habits, and unsustainability. overall. Weighing the main benefits and disadvantages suggests that the chicken diet is not an ideal approach to dieting.
Six to seven eggs per week is the general recommendation, however this has more to do with aiming for variety in the protein sources you're getting rather, than limiting your egg consumption.
Load up a baked potato and dig into a hearty, healthy meal. Start with a small baked potato (4 SmartPoints value), then load it up with one of these 0 SmartPoints value toppings, and dig into a hearty, healthy meal.
“You're not going to get fiber, but the protein is going to be filling and that's a good thing. Because the whole chicken is around 1,000 calories, that's still considered a low-calorie diet. It's doable [to lose weight], but it doesn't have my seal of approval as a healthy diet,” she added.
Your list of ZeroPoint foods includes culinary staples like chicken breast, eggs, non-starchy veggies, beans, and more. These foods were chosen because they help form the foundation of healthy eating patterns. Loading your plate with these ingredients isn't just good for your body—it's great for weight loss.
Duck, goose, quail, and turkey eggs are all ZeroPoint foods for the same reason chicken eggs are—they provide protein and other key nutrients, making them part of a pattern of healthy eating.
Why members love the Purple food plan. "I love the fact that potatoes, whole grain rice and pasta are ZeroPoint foods on Purple. In the past I treated carbs as the enemy and believed you couldn't eat them and lose weight. Because they're ZeroPoint foods, it gave me the confidence to eat and enjoy them again.
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