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Marzetti® Coconut Breaded Chicken with Crunchy Fruit Sauce

By: Marzetti® Slaw Dressing

"Chicken breast strips are bathed in creamy Marzetti® Slaw Dressing, then breaded with a unique flaked coconut breading, baked, and served with a tantalizing sauce starring apricot preserves, dressing, cucumbers, and pecans."

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Original Recipe Yield 4 - 6 servings

Ingredients

1 2/3 cups Marzetti® Slaw Dressing, divided
2/3 cup apricot preserves
1/3 cup pecans, chopped
1/3 cup cucumber, remove seeds, chop and drain on paper towel
1 cup plain bread crumbs
1 cup flaked coconut
1 pound chicken breasts

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Sauce: Mix together 2/3 cup Marzetti® Slaw Dressing, apricot preserves, chopped pecans and chopped cucumber; set aside.
Mix the bread crumbs and flaked coconut together. Cut chicken breasts into bite size pieces. Spoon remaining slaw dressing over each piece, and roll the pieces in the bread crumb/coconut mixture.
Place on cookie sheet and bake 15 to 20 minutes or until chicken is done. Serve chicken with sauce on the side.

Nutritional Information

Amount Per Serving Calories: 745 | Total Fat: 48.7g | Cholesterol: 88mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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Reviewed on Sep. 24, 2005 by MINALEWIS

Fabulous! My only suggestion would be that I had a LOT of bread mixture left over and alos a...

Reviewed on May 1, 2006 by LindaLRICE

this is ok... but the title should noth say coconut first... for a really good coconut...

Reviewed on Oct. 25, 2005 by Tifscatku

A great recipe. Yummy!!! I had some orange marmalade on hand and used it instead of the...

Reviewed on May 6, 2005 by Judy

This is very good. Easy to prepare and the sauce is great. I plan to make the sauce and use it...

Reviewed on May 15, 2006 by Schmoop

this was very good and easy to make. instead of the coleslaw dressing, i used fat free honey...

Reviewed on Oct. 18, 2005 by GINAH1

This was awesome! I used the Light Marzetti Slaw Dressing, which worked really well with this...

Reviewed on Nov. 18, 2009 by TEXAS R

This is so good!!! I made mine with chicken tenders and I used Panko bread crumbs. The sauce...

Reviewed on Jul. 28, 2006 by ANGCHICK

I took the advice of another reviewer and added garlic powder, onion powder and ginger to the...

Reviewed on May 16, 2006 by KOALAGIRL

Coleslaw dressing, pecans, apricot jelly, and cucumbers?? Never in my wildest dreams did I...

Reviewed on May 18, 2006 by Mamalin

I made it for myself so I had to reduce the recipe. I changed the preserves from Apricot to...

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