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Week of 1/5/15

Aminos-Maple Almond Crusted Chicken Breasts
with aminos-maple roasted carrots

Active: 20 min Total: 45 min
Original GF Paleo Vegetarian
Aminos-Maple Almond Crusted Chicken Breasts
Salty aminos balances out sweet maple syrup to create a medley of flavors in our chicken and carrots. You'll want to put this aminos-maple butter on everything!
Smarts: Use a meat tenderizer to flatten out chicken breasts so they cook faster!
Tags
Low Calorie, Freezer Friendly
Proteins
Chicken, non-ground
Cuisines
American
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Ingredients

Metric
Servings:
4
Aminos-Maple Butter:
  • Butter - 3 Tbsp
  • Bragg's / coconut aminos - 1 Tbsp
  • Maple syrup - 1 Tbsp
Aminos-Maple Almond Meal Crusted Chicken Breasts:
  • Chicken breasts, boneless and skinless - 2
  • Aminos-maple butter (ingredients listed separately) - 3 Tbsp
  • Almond meal - 1/2 cup
Roasted Amino-Maple Carrots:
  • Carrots - 1 1/2 lbs , chopped
  • Green onions - 3 stalks , green parts chopped
  • Oil, cooking - 1 1/2 Tbsp
  • Aminos-maple butter (ingredients listed separately) - 2 Tbsp

Prep

  1. Prep chicken breasts - Chop in half. Cover with plastic wrap or parchment paper and then flatten with a meat tenderizer, until they’re about 1/2” (or 1.25 cm) thick. Season with salt and pepper and tenderize with a fork. (Can be done up to 1 day ahead)
  2. Carrots - Chop into bite-sized pieces. In our photo, we used organic carrots, and just sliced them in half, lengthwise. (Can be done up to 3 days ahead)
  3. Green onions, green parts - Slice. (Can be done up to 3 days ahead)
  4. Prep aminos-maple butter - Melt butter on the stovetop or melt in the microwave, 30 to 60 seconds. Whisk in aminos and maple syrup.
  5. Prep aminos-maple mix - Mix chicken portion of the butter with almond meal.

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Make

  1. Heat oven to 400F (or 204C) degrees.
  2. Place chicken and carrots onto separate sheet pans. Cover chicken with almond meal mixture and toss carrots with cooking oil.
  3. Bake chicken for 15 to 20 minutes and carrots for 25 to 30 minutes.
  4. Toss carrots with its portion of aminos-maple butter and green onions right out of the oven.
  5. Enjoy chicken with carrots!

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