Chicken Roll-Ups with Mandarin Sauce
Serves 4
Ingredients:
- 4 sm boneless, skinned chicken breast halves, pounded thin (about 3 oz. each)
- 1 1/2 tsp oriental sesame oil
- 3/4 tsp leaf rosemary, crushed
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 1 – 9 oz. pkg. frozen whole green beans, thawed and drained
- 1/4 c fresh whole-wheat bread crumbs (1/2 – 3/4 slice bread)
Mandarin Sauce:
- 1 c orange juice
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- 1 – 11 oz. can mandarin oranges, drained
- 1/4 tsp lemon juice
Directions:
- Place oven rack in upper third of oven. Preheat oven to very hot (450 degrees). Lightly coat 12×8x2” (2 qt.)baking dish with nonstick vegetable oil cooking spray.
- Brush one side of each breast with 1/2 tsp of the sesame oil. Sprinkle same side equally with 1/2 tsp of rosemary, salt and pepper.
- Place 1/4 of the beans on each chicken breast. Roll each up, using fingers to hold beans inside. Place roll-ups, seam-side down, in prepared dish. Lioghtly brush roll-ups with remaining rosemary.
- Bake in preheated very hot oven (450 degrees) for 15 minutes. Remove from oven. Let the roll-ups stand for 5 minutes before slicing.
- Meanwhile, prepare mandarin sauce: stir together orange juice and cornstarch in small saucepan until smooth and well blended. Bring to boiling over medium heat; cook, stirring until thickened, 2-3 minutes. Stir in oranges. Heat through. Stir in lemon juice. Keep warm.
- Slice roll-ups 1/2 inch thick. Arrange on dinenr plates. Spoon sauce over.
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