Ultimate Chicken Fingers (lighter recipe)

Prep 15 min
Total 30 min
Servings 4

Bisquick Heart Smart® recipe! Here’s a recipe that can be your own “light” secret, or you can share your discovery with everyone.

By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Updated November 6, 2008

Make with

Bisquick

Ingredients

2/3

cup Bisquick Heart Smart® mix
1/2

cup grated reduced-fat Parmesan cheese
1/2

teaspoon salt or garlic salt
1/2

teaspoon paprika
3

boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch strips
1/4

cup fat-free egg product
3

tablespoons 40% vegetable oil spread, melted

Steps

1

Heat oven to 450°F. Line cookie sheet with foil; spray with cooking spray.
2

In 1-gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag, stir together Bisquick® mix, cheese, salt and paprika. Dip half the chicken strips into egg product; place in bag of Bisquick mixture. Seal bag; shake to coat. Place chicken on cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining chicken. Drizzle vegetable oil spread over chicken.
3

Bake 12 to 14 minutes, turning after 6 minutes with pancake turner, until no longer pink in center.

Serve chicken fingers on a bed of salad greens with sliced tomatoes.
Three chicken breasts weigh about one pound.
Purchase chicken breasts in the freezer case. With a well-stocked freezer, you’ll be ready to make this recipe quickly on weeknights.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 290
Calories from Fat: 110

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 12g; 19%
Saturated Fat 3g 15% Trans Fat 1g
Cholesterol: 60mg; 20%
Sodium: 850mg; 36%
Potassium: 230mg; 6%
Total Carbohydrate: 20g; 7%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 2g
Protein: 25g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 15%; 15%
Vitamin C: 0%; 0%
Calcium: 15%; 15%
Iron: 10%; 10%

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 3 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choice

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Sarah W. Caron (aka scaron) is a food writer, editor and blogger who writes about family-friendly foods and raising a healthy family at Sarah’s Cucina Bella.

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