You’ve Got To Hand It To This Tasty Recipe

Have the days of mixing foods with our own two hands disappeared for good?

We use bread machines to knead yeast bread. We mix meatloaf ingredients in the food processor. We buy pre-made crusts and already-tossed lettuce salads.

Well, folks, get our aprons out and wash up. This is a hands-on meal. Chicken Scaloppine requires breading chicken not once, but twice. And hands work best.

Arrange your bowls of beaten egg whites and bread crumbs. Cut the boneless chicken breasts into pieces, if you like. Use your hands to coat the chicken pieces in egg whites and then bread crumbs, repeating the process. Lightly cook in a little bit of oil and serve.

Quick handling, fast cooking, and a moist, juicy chicken dish is on the table in no time.

The kids will eat it if you serve it with barbecue sauce and call it chicken nuggets. Adults will appreciate a tender chicken entree, lovingly handled with care.

So come on! Roll up your sleeves, organize your bowls and skillet, and dig in. And while it’s cooking, slice up some of that homemade bread from your bread machine and open a bag of salad greens. Chicken’s on!

Chicken Scaloppine

Adapted from”Dinner In Minutes”

(Chapters Publishing)<

1 cup plain bread crumbs

2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese

1 teaspoon dried oregano

4 egg whites

1 pound boneless chicken breasts, cut for stir-fry

1 tablespoon olive oil

1/2 to 3/4 cup dry white wine

salt and pepper to taste

Mix bread crumbs, cheese and oregano in a bowl. Beat egg whites until foamy and dip chicken in egg mixture. Coat chicken with bread crumbs and dip again in egg whites. Coat with bread crumbs again.

Heat oil in a non-stick skillet and brown chicken on both sides, about 4 to 6 minutes. Reduce heat, add wine and cover. Cook 5-7 more minutes until no wine is left in pan.

Yield: 4-6 servings.

Nutrition information per serving: 321 calories, 35 grams protein, 19 grams carbohydrate, 9 grams fat (25 percent fat calories), 75 milligrams cholesterol, 378 milligrams sodium.

MEMO: The goal of “Five and Fifteen” is to find recipes for which you can do the shopping in five minutes and the cooking in about fifteen. Merri Lou Dobler, a registered dietitian and Spokane resident, welcomes ideas from readers; write to: Five and Fifteen, Features Department, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210.

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