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Ingredients
3/4 cup uncooked rice
1 1/2 cup canned reduced-sodium chicken broth
1/2 cup diagonally sliced green onions
12 oz boneless skinless chicken breast, cut 1 1/2" cubes
1 1/2 tbsp hoisin sauce
Nonstick garlic flavored cooking sp, as needed
1/2 cup cornflake crumbs
1/4 cup bottled sweet and sour sauce
Directions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Combine rice and broth in medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat.
Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 20 minutes or until most of liquid
is absorbed; let stand covered 5 minutes.
Toss chicken with hoisin sauce in medium bowl. Roll each nugget in corn
flake crumbs; transfer to nonstick jelly roll pan. Coat nuggets with
cooking spray. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in
center.
Serve nuggets over rice with sweet and sour sauce.
This recipe yields 4 servings.
Exchanges Per Serving: 3 Starch, 2 Meat.
Nutrition Facts: Calories 315; Calories from Fat 10%; Total Fat 4g;
Saturated Fat 1g; Protein 23g; Carbohydrates 46g; Cholesterol 52mg;
Sodium 391mg; Dietary Fiber 1g.
Source:
"Diabetic Cooking at http://www.diabeticcooking.com"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"08-20-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© Publications International Ltd, 2002"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 147 Calories; 1g Fat (8.4% calories
from fat); 21g Protein; 12g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 50mg
Cholesterol; 269mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 2 1/2 Lean Meat;
0 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contributor: n/a
Preparation Time: 0:00
Servings: 4
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