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Citrus Chicken

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Citrus Chicken
Randy Mayor
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Worthy of a Special Occasion

This spicy sauce works equally well with fish or pork.

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 1/4  cup  orange juice
  • 1/2  teaspoon  grated lime rind
  • 2  tablespoons  fresh lime juice
  • 2  tablespoons  chopped fresh thyme
  • 2  teaspoons  bottled minced garlic
  • 1  teaspoon  grated orange rind
  • 1/4  teaspoon  salt
  • 1/8  teaspoon  ground red pepper
  • 1  pound  skinless, boneless chicken breast cutlets
  • 1  tablespoon  olive oil
  • Cooking spray
  • 6  cups  bagged prewashed baby spinach

Preparation

Combine first 8 ingredients in a small bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Pour 1/4 cup juice mixture into a large zip-top plastic bag. Add chicken to bag. Seal; let stand 5 minutes. Add oil to remaining juice mixture; stir well with a whisk.

Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Remove chicken from bag; discard marinade. Add chicken to pan; cook 4 minutes on each side or until done. Place 1 1/2 cups spinach on each of 4 plates. Divide chicken evenly among servings; top each serving with 1 tablespoon juice mixture.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
183 (24% from fat)
Fat:
4.9g (sat 0.9g,mono 2.8g,poly 0.7g)
Protein:
27.4g
Carbohydrate:
7.1g
Fiber:
2.1g
Cholesterol:
66mg
Iron:
2.3mg
Sodium:
278mg
Calcium:
50mg
Melanie Barnard, Cooking Light, OCTOBER 2006

Member Ratings and Reviews

5 stars
bobaduba
Worthy of a special occasion? Yeah, not so much. But it least there's enough chicken leftover to make sammies tomorrow.10/18/09

5 stars

This recipe needed some work. I had to cook the chicken longer than required, but it still came out decent. However, it seemed to be lacking in flavor...07/31/09