Fricassee of Chicken

Ingredients

 * 1 lbs boneless, skinless chicken
 * -breasts, cut
 * into 1-inch pieces
 * 3 plum tomatoes, peeled and
 * -chopped
 * 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
 * 1/4 cup minced leeks
 * 2 tbsp chicken stock
 * 3 bay leaves
 * 1 tsp olive oil
 * 2 tbsp minced fresh basil
 * 1 tbsp light cream or milk

Directions
Place the chicken in a 9-inch glass pie dish and cover with vented plastic wrap. Microcook on high until the chicken is cooked through, about 4 ½ to 5 minutes, stopping to stir midway. Remove the chicken with a slotted spoon and drain off any liquid. Combine the tomatoes, garlic, leeks, stock, bay leaves, and oil in the same dish. Cover with vented plastic wrap and microcook on high for 2 to 2 ½ minutes, stirring once midway. Immediately stir in the basil and cream or milk and let stand for about 4 minutes. Remove the bay leaves and serve hot in shallow bowls. Note: at this the sauce (everything but the chicken and bay leaves) can be whirled for a few seconds in a blender before being poured over the chicken. This isn"t necessary, but it does make a more attractive, blended sauce. Makes four servings of 170 calories each. [the evening sun; aug 29, 1990]