Sounds gourmet-ish, doesn’t it?!?
My favorite part of this meal, besides…
- the fact that it was pure delicious-ness, and
- the fact that the house smelled UH-mazing while it was in the oven,
…was that I was able to take video with my iPhone, upload it straight to You Tube, and then put the videos right on the site. Took just minutes!
Expect more vlogs!
Maple Rosemary Chicken with Asparagus
Servings - 4 persons
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1 Tbsp olive oil ($.10)
- 2 Tbsp chopped rosemary, fresh or dried ($.50)
- 3 large chicken breasts, about 1.5 lb ($2.52) Bought last week at $1.68/lb
- Salt and pepper
- 1 lb. asparagus ($.99) On sale this week!
- 1 cup brown rice ($.40)
Instructions
- In a small bowl, add the maple syrup and the olive oil. Mix in the chopped rosemary.
- In an 88 baking dish, add the chicken breasts and season with salt and pepper. Pour the maple rosemary sauce over the chicken and coat evenly.
- Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes, or until chicken has cooked through. Cooking times may vary slightly depending on the thickness of the chicken.
- Just after putting the chicken in the oven, prepare the asparagus. Rinse and pat dry. Snap the ends off of the asparagus and place into the skillet. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
- Let marinate in the olive oil for about 30 minutes.
- Then, saute for 4-5 minutes on high heat.
- Prepare brown rice as directed on package. (If using plain brown rice, this can take 50 minutes! If using minute brown rice, it takes about 5 minutes!)
- Serve Maple Rosemary Chicken with Asparagus and Brown Rice.
Check out the more great meals with asparagus…and a pictorial tutorial on how to saute asparagus. Note: Video instructions on sauteing asparagus below.
Megan says
We love asparagus. I think they’re my hubbies favorite veggie. Our favorite way to cook them is to roast them in the oven a 400 for a few minutes. They are absolutely delicious.
Karen says
@Megan, We enjoy baked asparagus drizzled with olive oil, sea salt, and halved grape tomatoes. Bake at 400 and watch closely. Delicious!
Candi says
looks delicious! and the vlogs were great!
Heather says
I wonder if I can find any asparagus on sale. I’ve been craving some like crazy, and now I want to eat this whole post.
Jeff says
We just had this for dinner and it was easy to make and tasted great!
Serena says
This looks sooo good.Can’t wait to try it!!!!
Sandy says
Erin, Did you use bone-in or boneless chicken breasts? Looks yummy!
Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says
@Sandy,
Boneless…but bone-in would taste just the same!
karen says
You just keep coming up with winners! Great job.
Christine says
Love your site. I’ve tried a few recipes so far and I think this one might be in the works for tonight.
Just curious though… Rosemary and Basil grow like crazy in my garden. Have you added herbs to your garden? $.50 is a lot when you are trying to stay under $5!
Thanks for the great recipes… keep em coming!
Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says
@Christine,
I did have them in my garden last summer…and will grow them again this summer!
RachelV says
Made this for dinner last night (except did baked potato instead of rice since the oven was already heated) and it was delicious-just a hint of sweetness. Also oven roasted the asparagus, ‘since the oven was heated!
Vicki says
Sounds yummy. Can’t wait for Spargel (asparagus) season her in Deutschland!
Kristen G says
Do you have to use real maple syrup or will the fake stuff do?
Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says
I use the real stuff…get if “free” using Amazon credit from Swagbucks. 🙂
Jennifer says
This looks delicious! I actually have all those ingredients on hand…it’s a miracle. Since I’ve already gotten all of our meals planned until tomorrow night, I’ll probably make this Sat.
Kristy @momhatescooking says
This looks so good and I have all the ingreidents. This will be on my list to try!
Desiree says
Do you by any chance know how many calories are in the chicken?