Shelly's Recipe

BASIL CRUSTED CHICKEN ORIENTAL

Category: Chicken

6 boneless, skinless, split chicken breasts
4 tbsp butter, melted
2 tbsp Hoisin sauce*
1 tbsp plus 1 tsp Chinese style hot mustard
2/3 cup Panko Japanese style bread crumbs,* or plain dry bread crumbs
3 tbsp chopped fresh basil or 1 tbsp dried basil (fresh basil preferred)
2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
2 small plum tomatoes, peeled, diced and divided
Fresh basil and plum tomatoes, garnish

Tomato Mustard Cream Sauce:
1/2 cup light or regular dairy sour cream
2 tbsp tomato paste
2 tsp Chinese style hot mustard
1 tsp light soy sauce

Preheat oven to 500. Rinse chicken breasts and pat dry. Combine butter, Hoisin sauce and mustard in a wide, shallow dish. Mix bread crumbs, basil and cheese in another shallow dish. Dip each chicken breast in butter mixture, then in bread crumb mixture, coating well on all sides. Place in a single layer in a shallow, non-stick baking pan. Bake uncovered for 15 minutes, or until crumb coating is golden brown and chicken tests done.

Prepare Tomato Mustard Cream Sauce by combining sour cream, tomato paste, mustard and soy sauce. Blend well then stir in half the diced tomatoes. Heat in microwave oven on HIGH power for 30 seconds, or heat in a saucepan just until warm.

Spoon sauce onto warmed serving platter. Place whole chicken breasts over sauce, or cut breasts crosswise into thick slices and arrange over sauce. Sprinkle chicken with remaining diced tomato. Garnish with basil and plum tomatoes, if desired.