Add a little zest when you serve chicken breasts by using this quick and easy skillet recipe.
Lemon Ginger Chicken
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 35 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 14
Ingredients
Chicken
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (1 1/4 lb)
- 1/2 cup Original Bisquick™ mix
- 1/4 cup Progresso™ plain bread crumbs
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
- 1/2 teaspoon grated gingerroot
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
Lemon Ginger Sauce
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon grated gingerroot
- 1 drop yellow food color
- Lemon slices, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Between pieces of plastic wrap or waxed paper, place each chicken breast smooth side down; gently pound with flat side of meat mallet or rolling pin until about 1/4 inch thick.
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Step2In shallow bowl, mix Bisquick mix, bread crumbs, lemon peel and gingerroot. Pour 1/2 cup water into another shallow bowl. Dip chicken into water, then coat with Bisquick mixture.
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Step3In 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Cook chicken in oil 8 to 10 minutes, turning once, until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (170°F).
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Step4Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, mix lemon juice, 1/4 cup water, the sugar, cornstarch, gingerroot and food color. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until thickened and bubbly. Pour sauce over chicken. Garnish with lemon slices.
Nutrition
370
Calories
17 g
Total Fat
28 g
Protein
26 g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 370
- Calories from Fat
- 155
- Total Fat
- 17 g
- Saturated Fat
- 3 g
- Cholesterol
- 75 mg
- Sodium
- 310 mg
- Potassium
- 260 mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 26 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- Protein
- 28 g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 3 Lean Meat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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