Maple Pecan Chicken

photo by LifeIsGood



- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 3⁄4 cup panko breadcrumbs, bread crumbs
- 1⁄2 cup pecans, finely chopped
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
directions
- Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Mix maple syrup, mayo and salt in a shallow dish. In another shallow dish mix panko crumbs and pecans.
- Pound chicken breasts to 1/2-inch thickness.
- Dip chicken into syrup mixture, then into crumbs.
- Place on greased baking sheet (I use a cooling rack placed on a baking sheet so the chicken gets crispy on both sides).
- Spray top of the chicken with cooking spray.
- Bake 15-20 minutes, turning once (do not have to turn if you place on a rack) until thickest part of the chicken is 165 degrees F and the coating is golden brown.
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Reviews
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Five stars WITH a couple of changes. First, I double the recipe because the chicken is so good the next day! I use organic boneless chicken tenders & toast my pecans lightly before coarsely chopping with my biggest heaviest knife. I'm sure there's a name for that thing I just don't know what. So after I remove the membrane(the disgusting rubbery hard thing you'll bite into if it's not removed)gristle thing from each tender I go on with the rest of the recipe and bake on non stick aluminum foil covered sheet pan. I use spray olive oil and very lightly mist the pan before gently placing the tenders on the pan. I mix up dijon & honey as a dipping sauce for my grand youngins. On the side I make either wild, saffron or regular ol lite brown rice plus baby carrots or broccoli or both. My family loves this.
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I couldn't believe how good this was for how easy it was to make. I made two slight changes. All I had was Italian seasoned breadcrumbs, and I added a little bit of pepper on top before putting them in the oven. I think both helped to balance out the sweetness. I liked Alligirl's idea of serving it with baked apples, and added cinnamon to them.
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<p><span><strong>I am a stay at home mom to two wonderful boys; Joshua (8years), Kaiden (5 years), and baby GIRL, Madalynn (19 months)! I also have two fur babies (cats); Kobee, AJ; we had to put our youngest cat Sly down Jan 2014. :(. I am also married to my best friend, Jeff and have been since April 2005. I love cooking, hate cleaning and will do whatever I can to get out of it! I love grilling and baking. I do most of the grilling at my house, and bake for almost a week straight at Christmas time! I can make or will attempt just about anything, though I rarely make brownies, my husband's are the best! Homemade breads are not my friend, so I am always working on bread baking.</strong></span></p>
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