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Honey-Mustard Chicken and Carrots

Honey-Mustard Chicken and Carrots
Recipe Tip
Calling All Carrots
Carrots supply the vitamin B1, called thiamin. Thiamin helps us release energy from the foods we eat.
Apple juice adds wonderful sweetness and honey-roasted peanuts give salty crunch to this easy skillet meal. From eatbetteramerica.
Prep Time:20 min
Start to Finish:30 min
makes:4 servings

2teaspoons canola or soybean oil
4boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 lb)
1/2cup apple juice
2cups frozen baby-cut carrots
2tablespoons sweet honey mustard
2tablespoons finely chopped honey-roasted peanuts
1.In 10-inch nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 5 to 8 minutes, turning once, until chicken is browned on both sides.
2.Add apple juice; reduce heat to medium. Cover; cook 5 minutes. Add carrots. Cover; cook 5 to 10 minutes or until carrots are crisp-tender and juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (170°F).
3.Remove chicken and carrots from skillet with slotted spoon; cover to keep warm. Stir mustard into liquid in skillet. Spoon mustard sauce over chicken and carrots. Sprinkle with peanuts.

Nutritional Information
1 Serving: Calories 230 (Calories from Fat 80); Total Fat 9g (Saturated Fat 1 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 70mg; Sodium 130mg; Total Carbohydrate 10g (Dietary Fiber 2g, Sugars 7g); Protein 27Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 210%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 4%; Iron 8Exchanges: 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 1 Vegetable; 3 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1/2 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
 
2 Reviews

 
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It is very tasty and its alot like the normal chiken salad i eat except it doesnt have all the mayo and calories
Posted at 8:00 PM on July 9 2007 by
 
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I cooked this dish for my picky family and they loved it!
Posted at 8:00 PM on July 9 2007 by