Citrus Chicken

Grab your skillet and this recipe for orange-sauced chicken when you need a quick meal for guests.


Citrus Chicken

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Ingredients
  • 2  teaspoons
    finely shredded orange peel
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  • 1  cup
    orange juice
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  • 1/4  cup
    balsamic vinegar or white wine vinegar
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  • 1  tablespoon
    cornstarch
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  • 2  teaspoons
    honey
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  • 1  teaspoon
    instant chicken bouillon granules
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  • Dash 
    white pepper
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  • 2  cups
    sliced fresh shiitake or buttom mushrooms
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  • small skinless, boneless chicken breast halves (about 12 ounces total)
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  • 2  tablespoons
    margarine or butter
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  • 8  ounces
    tomato linguine and/or plain linguine, cooked
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    Snipped chives (optional)
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    Orange slices, halved (optional)
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Directions
1.
Place each chicken breast half between 2 pieces of plastic wrap. Working from center to the edges, pound lightly with the flat side of a meat mallet to 1/8-inch thickness. Remove plastic wrap.
2.
In small bowl stir together the orange peel, orange juice, vinegar, cornstarch, honey, bouillon granules, and pepper. Set aside.
3.
In a large skillet cook mushrooms in hot margarine or butter until tender; remove from skillet. In the same skillet cook chicken over medium heat about 4 minutes or until no longer pink, turning once. Remove chicken from skillet; keep warm. Return mushrooms to skillet. Stir orange juice mixture; add to mushrooms. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 2 minutes more. Serve chicken and sauce over linguine. Sprinkle with chives and garnish with orange slices, if desired. Makes 4 servings.

Nutrition information
Calories 434, Total Fat 9 g, Saturated Fat 2 g, Cholesterol 45 mg, Sodium 329 mg, Carbohydrate 62 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 25 g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 8%, Vitamin C 55%, Calcium 3%, Iron 15%. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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