Oriental meal ready in 25 minutes! Made using chicken and tangy orange – perfect for skillet dinner!
Mandarin Orange Chicken
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 25 min
- Ingredients 9
- Servings 6
Ingredients
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts (1 1/2 lb)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Dash ground red pepper (cayenne)
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped (1/2 cup)
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1 can (11 oz) mandarin orange segments, drained, 2 tablespoons liquid reserved
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
Instructions
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Step1To flatten each chicken breast, place between 2 sheets of plastic wrap or waxed paper. Working from center, pound chicken with flat side of meat mallet or rolling pin until about 1/2 inch thick; remove wrap. Sprinkle chicken with basil, salt and ground red pepper.
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Step2In 10-inch nonstick skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 5 minutes. Turn chicken; add onion. Cook 4 to 6 minutes longer or until juice of chicken is no longer pink when center of thickest part is cut (170°F).
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Step3In small bowl, mix broth, reserved 2 tablespoons mandarin orange liquid and the cornstarch until smooth. Add to chicken in skillet; cook and stir until bubbly and thickened. Gently stir in orange segments; cook until thoroughly heated.
Nutrition
180
Calories
6g
Total Fat
26g
Protein
7g
Total Carbohydrate
5g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 180
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 9%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 75mg
- 25%
- Sodium
- 260mg
- 11%
- Potassium
- 320mg
- 9%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 7g
- 2%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 5g
- Protein
- 26g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 15%
- 15%
- Vitamin C
- 15%
- 15%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 3 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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