Country Chicken with Gravy

Country Chicken with Gravy


3/4 cup crushed cornflakes
1/2 tsp poultry seasoning
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp dried thyme
2 tbsp fat free evaporated milk
2 tsp canola oil

Gravy:
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp all purpose flour
1/4 tsp pepper
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 cup fat free evaporated milk
1/4 cup condensed chicken broth; undiluted
1 tsp sherry or additional chicken broth
2 tbsp snipped chives
1. In a shallow bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Place milk in another shallow bowl. Dip chicken in milk, then roll in cornflake mixture.

2. In a large nonstick skillet coated with nonstick cooking spray, cook chicken in oil over medium heat for 6-8 minutes on each side or until juices run clear.

3. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt butter. Stir in the flour, pepper, and salt until smooth. Gradually stir in the milk, broth and sherry or additional broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in chives. Serve with chicken.


Makes 4ish servings (not sure how many exactly) Recipe doesn't even tell you how many chicken breasts you need)

Makes 1 chicken breast half with 2 tbsp gravy
Cal 274; fat 8; fiber trace

I'm not much of a "fried" chicken person. I'm not much of a fried person period. I don't much care for gravy either. So I was kinda leary of this one. But I saved the recipe mostly for my husband. First of all, I didn't cook the chicken in the skillet in the oil. Because...it's frying and even though you have the best of intentions you typically end up adding extra oil to keep it from burning and sticking. So...I baked it. No, it is probably not as crispy as it would be if you cooked it in the oil, but it is still crispy enough. The gravy. Oh the gravy. Typically gravy involves ketchup. Mostly to cover up the gravy taste. You could paint this stuff on a rusty bumper, and I would glady lick it all off. If you are being a good little person and watching portions and all that jazz, then the gravy the recipe makes is sufficient. However, if you don't care about calories, then I highly recommend doubling the gravy recipe. As it doesn't make but maybe 1/2 to 3/4 of a cup of gravy. I also used Total cereal for the cornflake crumbs. Mostly because it's high fiber, low fat. But you can use whatever you want for good results. Just make sure that they are a breadcrumb like consistensy.