Sesame-Orange Chicken

Sesame-Orange Chicken
Sesame-Orange Chicken is a gluten free main course. One serving contains 269 calories, 37g of protein, and 11g of fat. This recipe serves 4. If you have whipping cream, chicken breast halves, orange juice, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

1
Combine sesame seeds, rind, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and pepper in a food processor; process until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
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2
Place each chicken breast half between 2 sheets of heavy-duty plastic wrap; pound to 1/4-inch thickness using a meat mallet or rolling pin.
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3
Sprinkle chicken evenly with 1/8 teaspoon salt.
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4
Heat oil and butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until butter melts.
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5
Add chicken; cook 6 minutes on each side or until done.
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6
Remove chicken from pan; keep warm.
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7
Add ground sesame mixture to pan, stirring with a whisk.
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8
Add broth, and bring to a boil, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Cook broth mixture until reduced to 2/3 cup (about 3 minutes).
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9
Add orange juice and cream; cook 30 seconds, stirring constantly.
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10
Serve sauce over chicken.
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DifficultyMedium
Ready In30 m.
Servings4
Health Score19
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