Oven-fried Chicken Breasts (or Fish)
"I like the inclusion of wheat germ in this recipe, and while it uses chicken breasts, fish would/should also work. This is from Fitness magazine."
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup whole wheat bread crumbs
- 1⁄4 cup wheat germ
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
- 2 eggs, beaten
- cooking spray
directions
- Preheat oven to 400°F Combine bread crumbs, wheat germ, salt, onion powder, sugar and red pepper in a shallow dish or pan.
- Place a wire rack coated with cooking spray on a baking sheet.
- Coat chicken with egg and then dredge in the bread crumb mixture, covering the meat completely.
- Shake off excess and place on wire rack.
- Coat with cooking spray and bake for 35 minutes (don't flip them) or until cooked through.
Questions & Replies
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Do you have to use wheat germ...I do not have any
Reviews
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A family favorite! I've used it for chicken breasts, pork chops and fish. The red pepper is not overpowering but just enough to know it is there. We used to grill the chicken breasts and pork chops, but not since we found this recipe. -
Simple and tasty! Perfect! -
I just got this same recipe from my Mom who saw it in the newspaper. She tried it and liked it. I just made it last night and we liked it too. Even my picky 3 year old gobbled it up. It is easy to perpare, has a nice crunchy coating and is very flavorful. We'll be making this on a regular basis.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Vino Girl
United States
My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
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Ashley: Adopted October 8, 1996 - Passed Away January 6, 2009
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