Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Herbed Chicken Piccata


2 tablespoons dry breadcrumbs

1 teaspoon dried basil

1 teaspoon grated lemon rind

1/8 teaspoon pepper

2 garlic cloves, minced

4 (4-ounce) skinned, boned chicken breast halves

Cooking spray

1 teaspoon margarine

8 thin lemon slices

1/4 cup low-salt chicken broth

2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

2 tablespoons lemon juice


Combine first 5 ingredients in a shallow dish; set aside.
Place chicken between 2 sheets of heavy-duty plastic wrap; flatten to 1/4-inch thickness, using a meat mallet or rolling pin. Lightly coat both sides of chicken with cooking spray; dredge chicken in breadcrumb mixture.


Melt margarine in a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 4 minutes on each side or until done. Remove chicken from skillet. Set aside; keep warm. Add lemon slices to skillet; sauté 30 seconds. Add broth, parsley, and lemon juice; cook 1 minute. Spoon sauce over chicken.

Yield: 4 servings

NUTRITION PER SERVINGCALORIES 160(16% from fat); FAT 2.9g (sat 0.6g,mono 0.8g,poly 0.7g); PROTEIN 27.3g; CHOLESTEROL 66mg; CALCIUM 46mg; SODIUM 115mg; FIBER 0.4g; IRON 1.4mg; CARBOHYDRATE 6.9g

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