Maple-Glazed Chicken
with Sweet Potato Mash and Green Beans
This recipe was made for anyone with an insatiable sweet tooth. You know, the eaters who usually need an extra nudge to eat their veggies. With cinnamon-spiced sweet potatoes and a maple syrup glaze, there will be no shortage of candy-like flavors on the plate, nor of nutrients like vitamin A. But because this is dinnertime, there are still savory elements to anchor it all, like white meat chicken and crisp, garlicky green beans.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Ingredients
4 ounce
Sweet Potatoes
24 ounce
Chicken Breasts
2 clove
Garlic
12 ounce
Green Beans
1 teaspoon
Cinnamon
2 ounce
Maple Syrup
3 tablespoon
Balsamic Vinegar
2 ounce
Pecans
(Contains Tree Nuts)
Not included in your delivery
1 tablespoon
Vegetable Oil
3.5 tablespoon
Butter
(Contains Milk)
Salt
Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Instructions
Wash and dry all produce. Peel sweet potatoes, then cut into ½-inch cubes. Place in a large pot with enough water to cover by 1 inch. Bring to a boil and cook until easily pierced by a knife, 12-15 minutes. Remove from pot with a slotted spoon. Place in a large bowl, keeping pot of boiling water on stove.
While sweet potatoes cook, heat a large drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Season chicken all over with salt and pepper. Add to pan and cook to desired doneness, 4-6 minutes per side. Remove from pan and set aside. Meanwhile, mince 1 clove garlic (use the other as you like).
Add green beans to pot with boiling water and cook until tender but still a little crisp, 3-4 minutes. Drain and return to pot along with ½TBSP butter and a pinch of garlic. Toss until butter melts and coats green beans. Season with salt, pepper, and more garlic (to taste, but save a little for the glaze).
Add 3 TBSP butter, cinnamon, and 1 TBSP maple syrup (we’ll use the rest later) to bowl with sweet potatoes. Using a potato masher or fork, mash sweet potatoes until mostly smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Cover to keep warm and set aside. TIP: Add a pinch of brown sugar if you have it and like your potatoes extra sweet.
Heat a drizzle of oil in pan used for chicken over medium heat. Add remaining garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Pour in 3 TBSP vinegar (we sent more) and remove pan from heat. Let bubble and reduce until slightly syrupy, about 1 minute. Return pan to medium heat and add remaining maple syrup. Simmer until thick and glaze-like, about 2 minutes.
Add chicken to pan and turn to coat in glaze. Remove pan from heat. Divide sweet potatoes, green beans, and chicken between plates. Sprinkle sweet potatoes with pecans. Drizzle any remaining glaze over chicken and serve.
