Maple Pecan Chicken
"Chicken breaded with panko crumbs, can sub boneless skinless chicken thighs for the breasts, just adjust cooking times."
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. -
Excellent. I'm putting this into my best of the best file - for flavor, ease and healthfulness. Yummy!! I lovedddd the underlying flavor of maple syrup and mayo (I used Vegenaise). The coating is excellent and adds another yummy layer of flavor. Seriously good chicken here! -
This recipe sounded great, so of course, I cooked it. Yep, pretty good. I'm stuffed like a Turkey on Thanksgiving. Thanks for the recipe. -
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. -
I cut my chicken breasts in half, and the sweetness of the maple syrup complimented the pecan breading very nicely. Very tasty and easy to do any day of the week. Cutting the chicken breasts in half instead of pounding made the cooking time perfect. Made for Photo Tag. Thanks for sharing!
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Peoria, 41
<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>
<p><span><strong>As for recipe ideas (besides zaar) Cooking Light Cookbooks are my favorites. I love to make new meals and try new things; it is hard though because my husband is picky when it comes to veggies (and hates seafood); If it were up to him we would have baked-bread crumb chicken and white rice at least one meal a day! Over the past couple years with zaar, I have found tons of new recipes my family normally wouldn’t eat but have been happily surprised with new favorites.</strong></span></p>
<p><span><strong>I love to join in all of the tag games; I haven't been as present as I would like, but as soon as my Jeff is back from working in Ohio I will be back in full tagging mode! </strong></span></p>
<p><span><strong>Cooking is my hobby and passion, I always like to host the family get togethers and volunteer for the potluck dishes. Most of all though are my kids; being home all day with them is fun and challenging, but I wouldn’t trade it for any salary!!</strong></span></p>
