The Mom Chef: Taking on Magazines One Recipe at a Time is one of my favorite blogs. Christiane tests out recipes from current magazines and gives us the unvarnished truth about the results. Cooking Light is one of the few cooking magazines I don’t subscribe to, but after trying a few recipes that Christiane has shared, that may soon change. The sweetness from the maple syrup combined with the acidity of cider vinegar make this an irresistible dish…and will stay on our meal rotation.
The original recipe calls for boneless/skinless chicken, but I used the more flavorful bone in breasts. If you are watching calories, use the boneless breasts…and you can also reduce the sauce by half. Thanks, Mom Chef, for the delicious inspiration.
Maple Mustard Glazed Chicken…adapted from Cooking Light via The Mom Chef
1-2 tablespoons olive oil
6 bone in/skin on chicken breasts
Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup real maple syrup
1 heaping tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 tablespoons stone ground mustard
Preheat oven to 400º. Spray a 9 x 13 pan with nonstick cooking spray.
In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Add chicken to pan, and sauté on both sides till nicely browned. Remove chicken from pan. Add broth, maple syrup, thyme and garlic. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently for a couple minutes. Add vinegar and mustard and cook for another minute. Return chicken to pan and flip to coat with sauce.
Place chicken in baking dish, pour any sauce over chicken, and bake for 30 minutes or till chicken is cooked through.
Serves 6.
This recipe was shared on The Pink Whisk Challenge. Recipes are being collected to form an e-book with proceeds going to Save the Children. Please check it out to support a fabulous cause…we need to rid our world of starving children.
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Chicken is my basic source of protein, so I’m always excited to see a new recipe, especially if it’s so simple and appetising. I must check the blog you mention. The idea sounds excellent. I buy only one cooking magazine and even though I enjoy reading it I rarely make recipes. I shoudl start bookmarking and become more disciplined and organised!
I bet the maple syrup and the cider vinegar work incredibly well together. I can almost taste it now… Definitely going to give this a try next time I cook chicken!
Fantastic – reminds me of crisp lovely days. I tried to figure out a better way to organize those magazines….
I’ve been tearing out the pages that I want from the magazines lately because my rubbermaid bin got out of hand. This is a great recipe and you took awesome photos.
I am not going to watch my calories because this chicken recipe looks so great and its ok to give in to little indulgence once a while.
Another new discovery for that maple syrup into chicken.
Your glazed chicken is faboulos.
sounds and looks wonderful!
Your chicken looks great! Must be really juicy and tasteful!
Wow, the chicken looks gorgeous! I am still getting used to maple, but since I love honey mustard, I assume this would be right up my alley.
This is great!
This is similar to a chicken dish that we sometimes have.It looks delicious!
Oh yes, I love Christiane’s blog too. Your version of this recipe looks so good. Great pic.
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Liz, I also love the Mom Chef and this recipe looks so tasty. I need to give this a try since my girls are crazy about maple syrup and so this makes a wonderful change (esp if it’s the real stuff like this!)
Well, helloooooooo gorgeous!
I was going to make pancakes for dinner. I’m calling home and demanding that my wife take out the chicken!
Lizzy, my family enjoys chicken but I’ve not tried glazing it with mustard. Such an interesting recipe
Awwww, thanks for the love, Liz! Your chicken turned out perfectly. I agree totally with using bone-in chicken. Now I have to make this again for the family.
This is making my mouth water. I love maple flavor and I bet it’s exceptional paired with mustard in this dish. Yum!!
Hello dear Im here in the beach for some days, I cannot comment cause not always I have internet, (lol) but I saw your blog, this look yummy!
These look tasty, juicy, and flavorful. Great post!
This sounds fantastic! I really prefer bone-in, skin-on chicken–it’s got so much flavor.
Looks like I have another kind of wonderful chicken recipe here to try!!!
Yay!! Two of my favorite blogger buddies in one post.
Love her recipe and love the way you do it Lizzy!! Hugs to you both! ~ Ramona
Very tempting indeed! You always pick the winners, Lizzy
Have a wonderful day!
I never thought mustard and maple could go together but once more you make the impossible seem natural – nice work
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Normally I use citrus with chicken, but the cider vinegar and maple syrup is very intriguing – I’m going to have to try this pairing. And thanks for sharing The Mom Chef’s blog – love this concept and I hadn’t seen her blog before…
Lovely combinations here,sweet, tangy,earthy all in one!Love the color of the chicken.Beautiful recipe
Cider vinegar does keep popping up in chicken recipes these days! The blend with the mustard and maple must taste awesome. Well done!
looks delicious and awesome
I Love cooking light! And this chicken looks delicious and I love cider vinegar!
What a great flavor combination–definitely not the usual boring chicken breast!
This chicken looks great! I’ll have to check out Christiane’s blog. It sounds like a great concept!
Looks delicious! We are big chicken eaters over here. I really enjoy most of Cooking Light’s recipes. I will have to check out that blog!
This looks divine! Wonderful pictures! I’m headed to check out Christiane’s blog!
You are one impressive lady. Two beautiful desserts yesterday and dinner today. I’m moving to your house. I don’t know how you do it but it looks great.
This looks excellent, a variation of sweet and sour. I don’t buy magazines but made one of Cooking Light’s recipes, no complaints at all
I’ve made this and it is truly wonderful (growing fonder and fonder of Cooking Light). Always love pairing mustard and maple syrup – but the cider gives it a lift. Your photos speak of its goodness.
wow Lizzy…the chicken looks so mouthwatering n delicious…love the sweet n sour variation of the sauce!I have awards for you in my space…plz accept
Ah, thank you, thank you for new ideas to cook chicken. Hubbers loves chicken and can have them every meal, every day, every week … *roll eyes*.
I’m waiting for the day he starts crowing when he wakes up.
Yum! This sounds so delicious. I agree with others commenting here – would be nice to visit your house for dinner and dessert afterwards.
Nyam nyam
What a beautiful and healthy dish–I’m bookmarking this one, Liz!:)
The recipe sounds yummy
Your dish looks delicious and can be use as a sandwich filling or chicken salad etc ! Love Cooking Light mag , okay , I just borrowed hee hee mine mostly at our local library and they have some of the best recipes I’ve seen and tried ;D The Sept 2011 issue’s their best so far 
I’ve got quite a lot of maple syrup at the moment as a result of miscalculating how much I would need… and I think it’s time I found some great ways to use it in savoury dishes instead of just in sweet things, for my health’s sake! This recipe looks just lovely. Thank you Lizzy!
i LOVE this recipe. i have a weird relationship w/ chicken, but this gives me another option to eat it – it is so gorgerous, it could just hop on my plate!
This is some pretty roasted chicken! I adore Cooking Lght…their website never steers me wrong. It’s hard to believe their recipes are lightened up most of the time!!
Looks good, though I’m hesitant to using maple. I’m really picky with what I put maple anything on.
Sounds really good! I like chicken glazed with honey and mustard, but never tried maple syrup.
Chicken with maple syrup and cider vinegar sounds like a rocking combination….:-)
Looks absolutely fabulous Liz!
I always enjoy Christiane’s site as well, as I typically walk away with knowledge gained.
This looks delicious! I’m on a serious maple syrup kick and I’m yet to use it in a savory dish. But on the chicken with a pang mustard & vinegar really sounds incredible. I have to try!
I am sure this are delicious! I could just imagine the taste of that maple glaze, it must be lovely!
This sounds like a wonderful flavor combo! I love maple syrup and it’s nice to use it in a savory dish occasionally.
I used to subscribe to Cooking Light and I enjoyed it. It’s not extreme (like fat-free, sugar-free everything), more like eating a little lighter and more healthy.
I love her blog and cooking light – and this recipe sounds right up my alley! I love maple and mustard together. I must try this soon
What delightful flavors for a chicken dish…my family would love it
Fabulous recipe! have you tried it with shagbark hickory syrup yet? I think this is the one we made a couple of months ago and absolutely loved it. If not, it’s very similar. Christiane has a knack for finding the best recipes.
I am always looking for new chicken recipes and this looks wonderful with the maple syrup and cider vinegar combination.
I appreciate a recipe using maple syrup because other than pancakes or waffles, we never use it. It looks simple and easy to cook. Saving for week day dinner!
Thanks so much for taking part in our campaign to end child hunger. Your recipe is v.much appreciated! Rosie, Save the Children
Hi, you will have seen that the new Food on Friday ingredient is chicken. I noticed that you did this post on chicken which I think would be great linked in. We already have a collection of over 40 recipes which is wonderful. At the moment the Food on Friday edition with the most links is Beef with 73 – I get the feeling though that Chicken could become the new record holder!
Have a great day and thank you for following Carole’s Chatter. It ‘s nice to have you along for my blogging journey.
Thanks for linking in, Lizzy.
Have a super week.