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Ultimate Chicken Fingers (lighter recipe)

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  • Prep 15 min
  • Total 30 min
  • Servings 4
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Bisquick Heart Smart® recipe! Here’s a recipe that can be your own “light” secret, or you can share your discovery with everyone.
Updated Nov 6, 2008
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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.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Serve chicken fingers on a bed of salad greens with sliced tomatoes.
  • tip 2
    Three chicken breasts weigh about one pound.
  • tip 3
    Purchase chicken breasts in the freezer case. With a well-stocked freezer, you’ll be ready to make this recipe quickly on weeknights.

Nutrition

290 Calories, 12g Total Fat, 25g Protein, 20g Total Carbohydrate, 2g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
290
Calories from Fat
110
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
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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