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Grilled Maple- and Cranberry-Glazed Chicken
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Creative with Cranberries
Cranberries contain antioxidants that help protect healthy body cells from oxygen damage by free radicals.
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Grilled Maple- and Cranberry-Glazed Chicken

Whole berry cranberry sauce becomes a rich and delicious sauce for chicken when paired with real maple syrup. From eatbetteramerica.
Prep Time:25 min
Start to Finish:25 min
makes:6 servings

1can (15 oz) whole berry cranberry sauce
1/2cup real maple syrup
1/2teaspoon salt
6boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 3/4 lb)
1.Brush grill rack with canola or vegetable oil. Heat gas or charcoal grill. Mix half of the cranberry sauce with the syrup. Sprinkle salt over chicken.
2.Place chicken on grill over medium heat. Cover grill; cook 10 minutes. Turn chicken. Cover grill; cook 10 to 15 minutes longer, brushing occasionally with cranberry-syrup mixture, until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (170°F). Discard remaining cranberry-syrup mixture.
3.Serve chicken with remaining cranberry sauce.

Nutritional Information
1 Serving: Calories 100; Cholesterol 80mg; Sodium 150mg; Protein 32% Daily Value*: Vitamin A 45%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 4Exchanges: 1 Starch; 3 Other Carbohydrate Carbohydrate Choices: 3 MyPyramid Servings: 1 tsp Fats & Oils, 1/4 c Fruits, 3 oz-equivalents Meat & Beans 
*% Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
MyPyramid Servings 1/4 c Fruits, 3 oz-equivalents Meat & Beans

 
 
 
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