Sesame-Lemon Chicken with a Crisp Phyllo Crust Recipe

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Sesame-Lemon Chicken with a Crisp Phyllo Crust
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Ingredients
13
Count
Nutrition
328
Calories
Total time
30
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. For the marinade—Rinse the chicken breasts, pat them dry, and make a few slashes in each.
  2. Combine the marinade ingredients in a nonreactive bowl and add the chicken.
  3. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
  4. To coat and cook the chicken—Heat the oven to 450°F and butter a baking sheet.
  5. Butter a sheet of phyllo, top with another sheet, butter that and repeat with the other two sheets.
  6. Cut the phyllo stack into 6 equal strips.
  7. Remove a breast from the marinade and let some of the marinade drip off.
  8. Lay the breast at one end of a strip of phyllo and roll it up, leaving the ends exposed.
  9. Dip both ends of the chicken into the sesame seeds to coat.
  10. Put the breast, phyllo seam down, on the buttered baking sheet; repeat with other breasts.
  11. Brush the tops of the phyllo with butter and roast until crisp, browned, and cooked through, 25 to 30 minutes.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 327.66 Kcal (1372 kJ)
Calories from fat 209.7 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 23.3g 36%
Cholesterol 37.08mg 12%
Sodium 500.97mg 21%
Potassium 228.4mg 5%
Total Carbs 21.83g 7%
Sugars 9.04g 36%
Dietary Fiber 3.16g 13%
Protein 11.34g 23%
Vitamin C 3.3mg 5%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 3.5mg 19%
Calcium 204.4mg 20%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 309.82 Kcal (1297 kJ)
Calories from fat 198.29 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 22.03g 36%
Cholesterol 35.06mg 12%
Sodium 473.69mg 21%
Potassium 215.97mg 5%
Total Carbs 20.64g 7%
Sugars 8.55g 36%
Dietary Fiber 2.98g 13%
Protein 10.72g 23%
Vitamin C 3.1mg 5%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 3.3mg 19%
Calcium 193.3mg 20%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 7.9
    Points
  • 9
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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