Smokey Maple Chicken
Ingredients (serves 2):
For chicken:
- 2 six-ounce chicken breasts
- 4 tbsp. Annie’s Smokey Maple BBQ Sauce
- 1 tbsp. Kirkland Sweet Mesquite Rub (found at Costco)
- Ground pepper to taste
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For succotash:
- 1.5 cups frozen corn
- 2 cups fresh spinach
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Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400* while prepping. Rub each chicken breast with roughly 1/2 tbsp. of sweet mesquite. Dash with ground pepper until seasoned to your liking. Then comes the key ingredient: Annie’s Smokey Maple BBQ Sauce! Seriously, this sauce is amazing – and it’s also vegan and gluten-free! It has a rich maple flavor, but also stays true to what you would normally associate with barbecue sauce. And it makes a GREAT marinade when you’re baking something in the oven!! I coated each chicken breast with 2 tbsp. (one serving) of the sauce, and prep time was DONE!
Stick it in the oven and then do as The Lazy Chef does and FUGGHEDABOUTIT 
for approximately 30 minutes. During that time, you can get in some quality blog reading or perhaps start reading that book you’ve been meaning to crack open…just enjoy yourself! After 30 minutes, take it out of the oven and cut one breast in half. If the juices run clear and the meat is white, you’re good to go. Otherwise, put it back in the oven for another 10-15 minutes, but keep a good eye on it so it doesn’t get too dry. When you’re done, the smell of smokey maple will permeate the kitchen – take a big breath in for me, ok? Thanks!
To create the succotash, all that is required (besides the food, of course) is a pan and cooking spray. Place both the corn and spinach in said pan and turn the burner on medium heat. Continue stirring occasionally until the corn is cooked through and the spinach has wilted into next-to-nothingness. Ready to serve!
Nutrition Information (per serving):
- 320 calories
- 5g fat
- 38g carbohydrates
- 10g fiber
- 46g protein
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