Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Parmesan Chicken with Roasted Garlic Cream Sauce and Green Beans

Decadant flavors and Low Glycemic and Phase one South Beach Friendly too!!

What You Will Need:

4 Chicken Breasts
1 Tblsp Soy Sauce
1 Egg
1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
1/4 cup Whole Grain Bread Crumbs (eliminate of on phase one of South Beach Diet)
1/2 tsp Sea Salt
2 Heads of Garlic
1 Cup of Half and Half
1 Pound Green Beans
Olive Oil
1 Clove Minced Garlic

Directions:

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees. Wrap one head of garlic in foil after cutting the end off. Take apart other head and leave skin on. Place all garlic on Cookie sheet and roast until soft. About 25 minutes. Meanwhile, Rinse and trim Chicken Breasts. combine Soy sauce, egg and sea salt in bowl and whisk together. In a seperate bowl, mis together parmesan cheese and bread crumbs. Dip each breast into egg mixture and then into dry mixture to coat. Place in shallow baking dish and bake for 30 minutes or until no longer pink. I like to turn the oven up to 400 degrees for the last 5 minutes to further brown the cheese.

CREAM SAUCE:
Pour half and half into saucepan on medium heat. Take foiled head of garlic out and squeeze out the softened garlic into the pan. Add a pinch of sea salt. Gently whisk the mixture together and continually stir until sauce begins to thicken.
GREEN BEANS:
In a saute' pan, pour enough oil to barely cover bottom. Add 1 clove of miced garlic and a pinch of sea salt. Saute garlic until it begins to brown. Add green beans. Continue to cook until very green in color and slightly firm. Add the roasted garlic cloves that were seperated from each other (they should be slightly browned from seperating). Add additional olive oil if needed.

When chicken is finished, assemble on plate with green beans and drizzle Cream Sauce over the top. Enjoy!

Serves 4

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