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Pistachio Crusted Chicken with Sweet Potato and Asparagus

  • Gluten Free
  • Paleo
  • Low Calorie
  • Meat
  • Chicken

This quick, easy meal is just the thing when you have had a busy day. The perfect balance of protein and colorful veggies that’s light, healthy and delicious. Plus, there’s virtually no clean-up!

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  • 0.0 min

    Preheat the oven to 180C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.

  • 2.0 min

    Peel and slice the sweet potato into rounds.

  • 3.5 min

    Place the sweet potato on one half of the baking tray and season with salt, pepper and paprika. Place in the oven to bake until softened. (15-20mins)

  • 5.0 min

    Finely chop the pistachios (Alternatively, pulse in a blender until it forms a coarse consistency).

  • 6.5 min

    Trim the woody ends from the asparagus.

  • 7.5 min

    In a bowl, mix together the honey and mustard.

  • 8.5 min

    Dredge the chicken breasts through the honey mustard mixture.

  • 10.0 min

    Place the pistachios in a shallow bowl.

  • 10.5 min

    Dredge one side of the chicken breasts(s) in the pistachio mixture until well coated.

  • 12.0 min

    Place the chicken breast(s) in the oven with the sweet potato rounds and cook until firm and cooked through (Approximately 15mins)

  • 24.0 min

    In a frying pan, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat.

  • 25.0 min

    Add the asparagus to the pan and sautee until tender-crisp and the skin has blistered slightly.

  • 27.5 min

    Distribute the asparagus among serving plates.

  • 28.0 min

    Remove the cooked chicken and sweet potato rounds from the oven.

  • 28.5 min

    Distribute the sweet potato and chicken among serving plates and serve alongside the asparagus.

Chicken Breast
Chicken Breast
1.00 Whole
Pistachio
Pistachio
finely chopped
30.00 Grams
Honey
Honey
30.00 Grams
Dijon Mustard
Dijon Mustard
10.00 Grams
Asparagus
Asparagus
trimmed
4.00 Large
Sweet Potato
Sweet Potato
sliced
250.00 Grams
Olive Oil
Olive Oil
1 tablespoon per person
1.00 Tablespoons
Sweet Paprika
Sweet Paprika
0.50 Teaspoons

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What a nice combination, so yummy! And so easy!!

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