Saturday, September 16, 2006

Quick Sesame Chicken

I made the Sesame Chicken from Cooking Light's 1990 Annual Recipes Cookbook. The chicken was nice and moist, but I honestly would have preferred chicken with barbeque sauce. The chicken tasted like honey more than sesame. I would make this again, but would have to add sesame oil to the basting mixture. Of course, that would up the fat content.

Quick Sesame Chicken
1 (8 oz.) can pineapple slices
1 TBSP sesame seeds, toasted
3 TBSP Honey
1/4 tsp sage
4 (6 oz.) skinned chicken breast halves

Drain pineapple, reserving 3 TBSP juice. Set aside. Combine the 3 TBSP juice, sesame seeds, honey, and sage in a small bowl; stir well. Place chicken, skinned side down, on rack of a broiler pan that has been coated with cooking spray. Brush chicken with honey mixture. Broil 8 inches from heat for 25 minutes, basting often. Turn chicken; broil an additonal 5 munutes or until tender.

Baste reserved pineapple slices with honey mixtue and broil for 5 minutes, turning once.
4 Servings: 240 calories, 4.8 Fat, Fiber unknown
Shown is 4 oz of sesame chicken and two slices of pineapple. I used boneless, skinless chicken breasts.

1 comment:

TitanThirteen said...

Too yummy, and simple to boot! :o)