Hot pepper and honey make this a sweet and spicy, quick chicken dinner. Sweet potatoes cooked with fresh red bell peppers make an unusual and surprisingly quick side dish.
The dish cooks in only 5 minutes in a microwave oven.
Helpful Hints:
- Crushed red pepper, sometimes called hot pepper flakes, can be found in the spice section of the supermarket.
- Green or yellow bell peppers can be substituted for the red bell pepper. Alternatively, canned pimentos can be added to the cooked sweet potatoes.
Hot Pepper Chicken
Yield 2 servings. Recipe by Linda Gassenheimer
3/4 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
Place chicken between 2 pieces of plastic wrap or foil. Flatten with a meat bat or the bottom of a heavy skillet to about 1/2 inch thick. In a small bowl, mix flour, crushed red pepper and salt and pepper to taste. Dip flattened chicken breasts in the mixture making sure all sides are coated. Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Saute chicken 3 minutes, turn and cook second side 3 minutes. A meat thermometer should read 165 degrees.
While chicken cooks, mix honey and mustard together. Remove chicken to two dinner plates and spread mustard sauce on top.
