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Spicy Maple chicken with mashed sweet potatoes & roasted green beans

1 serving prepared

Here's what you get:

Sweet potato

Panko brand crumb (not used)

Sour cream

Maple syrup

Chicken breast

Fry easoning

Green bean

Chili flake

Substitution:

Parmesan

The sweet potatoes:

I steamed mine over high heat for 10 minutes before mashing. This eliminates the need for additional salt and the potatoes don't lose thier flavor.

The protein:

The panko wasn't used so this went fairly quick. The parmesan mixes well with the fry seasoning. I didn't add any additional salt like the instructions call for because cheese was used. The cut of chicken cooks quickly as well since it is a smaller portion than store packaged meats.

The green beans:

I should have steamed these as well, in my smaller oven they tend to go extra wrinkly even with the short cooking time.

The sauce:

This didn't take much effort you just put some of the chili flakes and salt in the syrup, stir and set it aside.

The plate:

This one was a little confusing flavor-wise. I've done mashed sweet potatoes with a sweet flavor before so it was fine in this dish too.

Putting the maple chili sauce on the chicken however, was a little odd for me. It wasn't bad, just not as appealing as other dishes that have a sweet component. I'm counting this meal as "tried something new" and leaving it at that.

Overall the meal was really easy to put together and could be done while multitasking.

- Kris

Comments

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