Baked Chicken In Spicy Peach Sauce With Sautéed Asparagus

Perfectly baked chicken paired with a spicy peach sauce and sautéed asparagus, this is a wonderful low-carb and healthy meal for a busy workday. 

Ever since the Crockpot Whole Chicken came into my life, I have been a little reluctant to cook chicken in another way because I didn’t come across an easier method to handle the bird and make it so juicily delicious, especially the chest part.

I don’t know about you, but I find that cooking chicken breasts is quite a challenge. Sure, you can boil them and shred them to mix with other ingredients, or cut them up then sauté in a savory Asian sauce. However, cooking an entire thick piece of chicken breast without the meat ending up dry or just plain tasteless is pretty difficult. Nah, not gonna bother.

See, I was well settled in my chicken cooking comfort zone and pretty happy with what I could do with it until one day, I stopped by the recipe tasting kiosk in Publix, which is a popular grocery store here in FL like Whole Foods Market. The lady who’s cooking inside the kiosk waved me over and handed me a small plate of chicken dices with some asparagus on the side.

“Would you like to try our kickin’ peach chicken, my dear?”

I looked at the plate and then looked up. I saw a pair of beautiful eyes with excitement and kindness.

“Sure! Thank you!” I put my basket on the ground and reached out to the plate carefully.

I mean, seriously, you CAN’T say no to a passionate cook who hands you free food!

According to the recipe name, it sounded like it’s going to be spicy and sweet. I love love love spicy, but sweet chicken??? Never a big fan of that.

So I skeptically put the chicken in my mouth.

Holy Moly! What have I been missing out???

The sweetness and spiciness of the chicken were perfectly balanced. The chicken was extremely moist and tasty. The sauce around the chicken was totally kicking!

Of course, I asked for the recipe and tried to cook it at home on that very day!

The original recipe is for outdoor grilling. I didn’t want to set up the grill, so I went ahead to search for the best way to bake chicken breasts. The Kitchn is a pretty safe place for just the perfect way of cooking pretty much anything.

Basically, the trick to keeping the chicken breast from drying out is to cover it with a piece of parchment paper before setting it into the oven. This simple step helps to make the chicken moist.

To save time as I always try to, the asparagus was sautéed while the chicken was in the oven. You may enjoy these two dishes separately. But together, they form a wonderful main course that could be served for a crowd or just as a nice dinner for your family. I have also paired the asparagus with baked fish. It’s the bomb!

Try this recipe, my friend. Cooking the perfect chicken breasts is not as hard as you think it would be, just like many other challenges in life. As long as you are open and willing to step out of your comfort zone, you will be pleased to see how much improvement you can make. Cheers!

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