Chipotle Honey Glazed Chicken with Sweet Potatoes Plus Fiery Grilled Asparagus

 Two great recipes for the price of one in this post!  This recipe was shared with me a year ago by Tonia but I finally pulled it out and gave it a shot.  It got a big thumbs up at our dining room table and hopefully will at yours too!

Chipotle Honey Glazed Chicken with Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

• 4 boneless chicken breasts
• 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1 inch cubes
• 2 tbsp oil
• 4 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, minced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tbsp honey
• 2 tsp cider vinegar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp cumin
• Chopped cilantro for garnish, if desired

Directions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Toss cubed sweet potatoes with oil and place into a large casserole dish or roasting pan
• Place potatoes in oven for 20 minutes

• Into a small bowl, combine minced peppers, garlic, honey, vinegar, salt, cinnamon and cumin to make a thick paste.
• Rub paste evenly over each chicken breast
• When the potatoes have finished their 20 minutes in the oven, place chicken on top of them and return to oven for an additional 30 minutes or until chicken is done

Going into the oven!

• Garnish with cilantro if desired.

Fiery Grilled Asparagus

Here's a recipe that I picked up from one of those recipe cards in the grocery store.  It's definitely worth making again....and SOON!

Ingredients

• 1 lb asparagus
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 tsp rice wine vinegar - I didn't have this so used regular white vinegar instead and it seemed to work just fine.
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted - I also didn't have this and omitted them but am sure they would be a nice addition
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

• Preheat grill to a medium heat and coat with a non-stick cooking spray
• Trip and discard tough ends of asparagus
• In a shallow dish, combine asparagus, oil, red pepper flakes, vinegar, sugar and salt and pepper
• Let stand 15 minutes
• Place asparagus on grill and grill 5 minutes, turning once
• After grilling, sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve

And here's the picture of the delicious meal:

Mexican Turkey Burgers

Happy almost Cinco de Mayo!

Little known fact: Cinco de Mayo is NOT a celebration of Mexico's independence.  That is actually celebrated each year on September 16th.  Cinco de Mayo actually marks the unprecedented victory of the Mexican army over the French in the Battle of Puebla.  It is celebrated in the Mexican state of Puebla but more so in the United States.  The rest of Mexico could pretty much care less.

Crazy.

Anyway, here's a zesty dish with a Mexican flare in honor of Cinco de Mayo with which you may want to celebrate :

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground turkey
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 white medium onion, finely chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup salsa
• 1/2 cup whole kernel corn, drained
• 1 package taco seasoning (or make your own using this recipe)
• 1/3 cup dried bread crumbs
• 6 flour tortillas
• 6 tbsp sour cream
• 2 cups shredded lettuce

Directions

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees
• Heat oil in skillet over medium heat and cook peppers, onion and garlic until tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly
• In a small bowl, mix salsa and corn.  Set aside
• In a larger bowl, mix tbsp of the salsa mixture with the sauted vegetables, turkey and taco seasoning
• Divide turkey mixture into 6 patties and press into bread crumbs, covering each patty evenly
• Arranged patties in a greased baking dish and place in oven for 10 minutes

• At end of 10 minutes, drain fluid, turn patties, and top with remaining salsa mixture

• Continue baking 10 more minutes or until internal temperature is 165 degrees
• Serve wrapped in warm tortillas and with sour cream and lettuce garnish