Pecan Crusted Chicken with Baked Sweet Potatoes & Maple-Jalapeno Sour Cream

Name: Pecan Crusted Chicken with Baked Sweet Potatoes & Maple-Jalapeno Sour Cream
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 boneless skinless chicken breast halves; 2 egg whites; 1 juice of 1 lemon; 2 tsp cornstarch; 1 cup coarse dry breadcrumbs; 1 tbsp chopped fresh flat leaf parsley; 1 tsp kosher salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper; 1 zest of 1 lemon; 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans; 1/2 tsp dried oregano; 1/2 tsp dried thyme; 1/2 tsp paprika; 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper; 4 sweet potatoes, scrubbed & dried; 1/2 cup sour cream or plain yogurt; 1 tbsp pure maple syrup; 2 tsp jalapeno, seeded, minced; 1 tsp fresh lime juice; 1 salt, to taste; 1 tabasco, to taste; 1 crumbled bacon; 1 sliced scallions

mandypants @cook_3587860

This might be my favorite chicken breading ever! So delicious, and perfectly complemented by the sweet potato. I used yogurt for the dressing, love the play of spicy & sweet - bacon, maple & jalapeno - YUM.

mandypants @cook_3587860

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Ingredients

2boneless skinless chicken breast halves
Dipping Mixture
2egg whites
1juice of 1 lemon
2 tspcornstarch
Crusting Mixture
1 cupcoarse dry breadcrumbs
1 tbspchopped fresh flat leaf parsley
1 tspkosher salt
1/4 tspblack pepper
1zest of 1 lemon
3/4 cupfinely chopped pecans
1/2 tspdried oregano
1/2 tspdried thyme
1/2 tsppaprika
1/4 tspcayenne pepper
Baked sweet potatoes with maple-jalapeno sour cream
4sweet potatoes, scrubbed & dried
1/2 cupsour cream or plain yogurt
1 tbsppure maple syrup
2 tspjalapeno, seeded, minced
1 tspfresh lime juice
1salt, to taste
1tabasco, to taste
1crumbled bacon
1sliced scallions

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 450°
2

Prep chicken breasts by halving & pounding. Meanwhile, rub scrubbed, dried sweet potatoes with oil & salt. Bake in oven directly on rack for 40-45 minutes or until soft when pierced. Combine all topping ingredients & chill.
3

Whisk egg whites, cornstarch & lemon juice in shallow dish for dipping mixture.
4

Add pecans, herbs & spices to the crusting mixture.
5

Dip & crust chicken, then air-dry on rack 20-30 minutes.
6

Saute chicken in olive oil until golden, about 3 minutes.
7

Flip chicken, then transfer to oven. Roast 8-10 minutes or until cooked through.