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Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Serves: 6
Healthy Meter: 2/3

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ lbs (680 g) boneless, skinless turkey breast or chicken
• Cooking spray

Marinade:

• 1 egg
• ¼ cup hoisin sauce
• 1 tsp dark sesame oil

Crumb Mixture:

• ⅔ cup sweetened shredded coconut
• 2 tbsp sesame seeds
• ½ cup unseasoned dry bread crumbs
• ¼ tbsp salt
• ¼ tbsp garlic powder
• ¼ tbsp onion powder
• ⅛ tsp cayenne pepper

Instructions:

1.  Place coconut and sesame seeds in a small dry frying pan over medium heat.
2.  Cook until light brown, stirring often. Careful not to burn them.
3.  Put the toasted coconut and sesame seeds into a small pie plate or shallow dish and let cool.
4.  Add breadcrumbs, salt, garlic powder, onion powder and cayenne pepper. Mix well and set aside.
5.  In a large bowl, whisk together egg, hoisin sauce and sesame oil. This is your marinade.
6.  Cut the turkey/chicken into strips – about 1″ x 4″ (2.5 x 10 cm).
7.  Add the strips to the marinade and toss to coat.
8.  Cover and put into the fridge for 30 mins or leave overnight.
9.  Preheat oven to 450ºF or 230ºC.
10.  Shake extra marinade from the turkey/chicken strips and roll in the crumb mixture.
11. Place on a cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray.
12. Spray tops of strips with a light coating of cooking spray.
13. Bake on the middle oven rack for 6 mins.
14. Remove from oven and turn the pieces over. Spray the other side with cooking spray.
15. Bake for about 4 more minutes, until coating is lightly browned and turkey/chicken is cooked through.