From: Cooking Light 5 Ingredients 15 Minute Recipes 2010
2/3c whole-wheat panko (I used plain because I couldn't find ww. I also didn't measure it out.)
2tbsp italian seasoning (didn't measure out)
4 6oz boneless, skinless chicken breasts (I used less and thin cut)
1/2tsp salt (I didn't measure out)
1/4tsp black pepper (I didn't measure out)
4tsp olive oil (I didn't measure out)
6tbsp feta sauce (I didn't measure out. I spooned some on top of each slice.)
What do to:
Heat pan with olive oil (I also added some I Can't Believe It's Not Butter). Combine panko and italian seasoning and then coat chicken. Cook chicken on both sides for five minutes each or until browned. While chicken is cooking boil water and cook orzo for about 10mins. Drain orzo and add salt and basil.
To make feta sauce you need 1 lemon, 1 tsbp chopped fresh mint, 4tsp evoo, dash of black pepper, 1 3.5oz package of reduced fat feta cheese (I used full fat and crumbled). To make sauce grate the lemon until you get anout 1/2tsp in a bowl and squeeze lemon juice until you get about 2tbsp. Then add mint, evoo, pepper and cheese. Mix.
When chicken is done, top each piece with the feta sauce.
Sounds good.
ReplyDeleteWhat is with you and margarine? It's just as bad for you as butter and not really for cooking. All you managed to do is a bunch of unhealthy crap to an otherwise healthy dish.
Orzo is just pasta, not sure what you were expecting. Add some olive oil and herbs to spice it up. Of course the oil makes it a lot less healthy.
1) The margarine helps to give the chicken a golden color. It's how I've always done it and how my mom does it.
ReplyDelete2) I couldn't taste the basil in the orzo. I was expecting some sort of flavor added to the orzo.
You brown food in oil. You can brown food in just olive oil, canola oil, butter, margarine etc. Margarine is just highly processed vegetable oil. All you did by adding margarine to the pan is make the dish less healthy. Next time try not adding margarine, and your food will still brown and you won't have all those unhealthy chemicals.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand olive oil is one of the more healthy oils which contains good fats, the reason the recipe used it for browning.
I am not sure I have ever seen a recipe that called for margarine. Horrible stuff.
Thank you for your comment and suggestions. From experience, I know that the butter/margarine (even a pat) works better when used in addition to oil for browning and adding a little bit of extra flavor. This has been my experience.
ReplyDeleteI do not feel that I completely compromised the healthiness of the recipe by using a pat of margarine/butter. I understand that you feel that way and other readers may agree. For me though, as knowing my rare consumption of that type of fat, it's just fine.
And you would be wrong. That's why the recipe didn't call for margarine in the first place. It does not help in browning. It's an oil/fat, it works in the same way as oils, but is worse for you. Use what you want, but don't claim it is has effects it doesn't. And the whole point of cooking healthy is to not eat crap like margarine.
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