I do, that’s for sure! We eat chicken at least twice a week – if not for dinner, than certainly for lunch. I need as many chicken recipes as I can collect.
This chicken dish adapted from All Recipes is an example of the perfect chicken recipe. It includes a sweet and spicy glaze of maple syrup, grainy mustard and fresh thyme that can easily serve double-duty on all kinds of vegetables.
It was perfect with my sweet potato wedges, and even better with these baked beets.
See what I mean about double-duty? All I had to do was double the sauce to roast with my vegetables, and I had a colorful meal.
A rainbow of colors means healthy and delicious, so I’m feeling pretty darn good about dinner tonight. Happy cooking!
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 4 chicken legs, thighs, or breasts
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup fat-free, lower-sodium chicken broth
- ¼ cup 100% maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
- 2 medium garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon stone-ground mustard, or spicy brown mustard
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium heat and add oil.
- Season chicken with salt and pepper and add to skillet, cooking 2 - 3 minutes until lightly browned.
- Remove chicken from the pan and add broth, syrup, thyme and garlic. Bring to a boil and scrape up chicken bits.
- Add vinegar and mustard and cook for another minute.
- Return chicken to the pan and bake for 15 - 20 minutes until chicken is cooked through.
- Remove chicken and return pan to the stove over medium high heat and cook sauce until thickened.
• Weight Watchers PointsPlus 6
• Fat: 4.4g
• Saturated fat: 0.9g
• Monounsaturated fat: 2.2g
• Polyunsaturated fat: 0.7g
• Protein: 39.5g
• Carbohydrate: 14.2g
• Fiber: 0.2g
Please see disclaimer for further details. Nutrition information is compiled with MacGourmet. If you find discrepancies, please let me know. It’s important to me that I provide you with accurate information.
Definitely trying this. We eat a LOT of chicken and I love using maple in savory cooking so this is a must make for me. Buzzed!
Hi Janet – we eat a lot of chicken around here to. I’ve never combined chicken with maple and it was really a good mix. Have a good weekend. 🙂
Those carrots looks soooo good! And the chicken looks fantastic too!
looks gorgeous, I love chicken rather than red meat,this is will mark up my chicken recipe
cheers
Thank you for visiting Tya. Let me know if you make it and if you liked it. Have a good weekend. 🙂
This is definitely my kind of meal! The sweet and savory flavors are always a favorite of mine!
Who can resist this kind of chicken recipe?
Looks fantastic and sounds like a perfect mix of sweet and spicy 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
this sounds like a delicious weeknight dinner…thanks for sharing!
That looks absolutely delish!! The husband loves a good glazed chicken 😀
Yummie, this is sure a perfect meal…love the chicken with the sweet potatoes and delicious paired with beets…
Thanks for sharing such a great meal and hope you are having a wonderful week Kristi 🙂
Thank Juliana – I must say the leftover veggies were even better the next day. Enjoy your weekend. 🙂
Ooh, those are just lovely! Definitely a different take on chicken than I normally do.
Such gorgeous colors on those veggies.Wow. The chicken has a beautiful shine too it just screams— flavorful!
I’m a new convert to beets, and just adore them. They really make a colorful plate!
Tasty! Maple and mustard are a match made in heaven. I’m assuming the chicken is skinless? Either way those sweet potatoes with it take it over the top.
I’m such a sweet potato fan, and this glaze really worked well them.
Maple + Mustard = wonderful flavor. An underrated combination. Like you, I need more chicken recipes, and this looks like a good one. Thanks!
There are so many flavored mustards that I’m looking forward to trying with this recipe. Have a good weekend. 🙂
Maple and mustard chicken sounds fabulous! I would love to try this combination 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
I love a recipe that does double duty and this looks delicious! Funny thing about chicken I have this tendency to simply grill it on my George Foreman grill, and serve it with veggies, potatoes, and fruit. My kids always eat it, but then I made a pesto stuffed chicken recipe a few weeks ago from Kalyn’s Kitchen and my kids and hubby raved about it being so much better than the “plain” chicken I make! Since then, I’ve realized I need to be a little more creative with my chicken recipes 🙂
My step dad used to say I could eat chicken for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I’m always looking for new methods of cooking it. I have to say that we still love our Foreman. Pork comes out great too! 🙂
I wish I could blink my eyes and have that entire meal right before me. What a great sounding chicken dish. I like the idea of maple and mustard together.
I buy a bottle of 100% maple syrup. It’s a more expensive, but for recipes like this, you don’t need much and the flavor is fantastic. Have a good weekend.
Mouthwatering mixture of flavours, Kristi. The touch of vinegary sourness sounds wonderful with the maple syrup. Also, those beets look amazing!
I had 100% maple syrup for the first time this weekend. Boy what a difference! Can’t wait to try it on this recipe.
It’s expensive, but there really is an amazing difference, isn’t there.
I made this for supper the other night and we absolutely loved it!! Like eating in a 5 star resturaunt!! Had bought Maple Syrup from a friend of mine here in Wisconsin whose family can’s their own….nummy!!
Hi Claudette – I’m so glad the recipe worked for you. I’m so envious that you have a friend who makes their own syrup. You know it’s a good quality syrup for sure. How lucky is that! Have a wonderful weekend. 🙂
Kristi