This recipe is from Diabetes & Heart-Healthy Recipes published by the American Diabetes Association. ©2019 American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association. All rights reserved.
Creole Drums
Flavorful chicken legs are smothered in a Louisiana-style mixture of tomatoes, okra, onion, and bell pepper, and spiced up with hot-pepper sauce. Serve them in shallow soup bowls so you can easily spoon up all the great tasting sauce or serve them on a bed of fluffy brown rice.
Ingredients
Serves: 4
Serving Size: 2 drumsticks and 1 cup vegetable mixture
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 50 minutes
- Cooking spray
- 8 skinless chicken drumsticks with bone, all visible fat discarded (about 2 pounds)
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can no-salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained
- 10 ounces fresh or frozen cut okra, cut into 1/2-inch slices if fresh
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce (lowest sodium available)
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crumbled
- 1/4 teaspoon red hot-pepper sauce
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Directions
- Lightly spray a Dutch oven with cooking spray. Heat over medium-high heat. Cook the chicken for about 4 minutes, or until browned on all sides, turning frequently (the chicken won’t be done at this point). Transfer to a plate.
- In the same pot, cook the onion and bell pepper for 3 minutes, or until the edges are beginning to lightly brown, stirring frequently and scraping to dislodge any browned bits.
- Gently stir in the chicken with any accumulated juices. Stir in the remaining ingredients except the salt. Bring to a boil, still over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 40 minutes, or until the chicken is no longer pink in the center and the okra is very tender. Remove from the heat.
- Transfer the chicken to soup bowls. Stir the salt into the tomato mixture. Pour over the chicken.
Exchanges/Choices
3 Vegetable, 4 Lean Protein
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 250 |
| Calories from Fat | 50 |
| Total Fat | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1.5 g |
| Trans Fat | 0 g |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1.5 g |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2 g |
| Cholesterol | 95 mg |
| Sodium | 230 mg |
| Potassium | 760 mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 15 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Added Sugar | 0 g |
| Protein | 33 g |
| Phosphorus | 265 mg |
