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Simple Sesame Chicken

When I returned home after 20 years as a missionary in the Philippines, I started experimenting to make food like we had enjoyed there. These flavorful chicken strips come really close!

—LYNN JONAS MADISON, WI

PREP: 15 MIN. COOK: 10 MIN./BATCH MAKES: 6 SERVINGS

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

2/3 cups Caesar salad croutons, crushed

1/4 cup sesame seeds

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch strips

2 teaspoons butter

2 teaspoons canola oil

1. In a shallow bowl, combine the flour, salt and pepper. In another shallow bowl, combine crushed croutons and sesame seeds. Place eggs in a third shallow bowl. Coat chicken with flour mixture, then dip in eggs and coat with crouton mixture.

2. In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook chicken in butter and oil in batches over medium heat for 4-6 minutes on each side or until no longer pink.

PER SERVING 255 cal., 11 g fat (3 g sat. fat), 120 mg chol., 319 mg sodium, 11 g carb., 1 g fiber, 27 g pro. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1 starch, 1 fat.