Hot Honey Chicken & Mashed Cauliflower

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This was a good recipe to switch the flavor up a bit! I actually got the chicken recipe from Hello Fresh and loved it, but when I was planning my meal prep and making my grocery list I did not have my paper copy they sent me so I had to look it up online – but that is not the same way. It tasted good, but it was a pain to clean the pan after. So I will tell you what I used and how I did it and then recommend alternative options for cooking the chicken. This was my first time making mashed cauliflower - I never could find a simple recipe that didn't call for a lot of ingredients but this one was so simple!!

Hot Honey Chicken:

(original recipe - https://www.hellofresh.com/recipes/crispy-hot-honey-chicken-5d14d3127ae20d000b5e7f39?week=2019-W33&utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=US-daily&utm_content=pin-recipe&c=hellopinterest)

Ingredients:

• 2 chicken breasts – I cut each in half, length-ways to make them flatter

• 2 tablespoons sour cream

• ½ cup Panko breadcrumbs

• 1 tablespoon crawfish boil (any fry seasoning will suffice)

• hot honey

• salt

• pepper

Hot Honey:

• I mixed about 2 tablespoons of honey with Sriracha sauce – slowly adding the sauce until I got my desired spiciness

Directions:

1. Combine breadcrumbs, fry seasoning, salt and pepper on a plate

2. Pat chicken dry with paper towels – season with salt and pepper

3. Coat chicken with sour cream and dip in breadcrumb mixture – pressing it into the chicken

4. Heat about ¼ inch of oil in a large pan on medium-high heat

5. When oil is hot and a pinch of Panko sizzles in it, add chicken and cook (the recipe says 4-5 minutes but I ended up having to cut the chicken and cook longer to ensure it was cooked all the way through) – you want the chicken to be golden-brown

6. Once the chicken is finished you can transfer to a plate to cool

Next time I cook this I will prepare everything the same, but roast it in the oven on 425° for 15-20 minutes. If you decide to cook it this way, there is no need to coat the bottom of the chicken with the breadcrumb mixture.

Mashed Cauliflower:

(original recipe - https://www.crunchycreamysweet.com/mashed-cauliflower/)

Ingredients:

• 1 head of cauliflower

• 6 tablespoons low fat sour cream

• 1 tablespoon melted butter

Directions:

1. Cut cauliflower into florets

2. Put cauliflower florets in pot & cover with water

3. Cook on medium heat until cauliflower is soft

4. Drain cauliflower and return to pot

5. Put pot over medium-low heat and begin mashing cauliflower with fork or potato masher

6. Continuously stir to get remaining liquid out for about 3 minutes

7. Add sour cream – 2 tablespoons at a time – and a little butter and continue to mash until desired texture

8. Serve and enjoy!

This was such an easy recipe – next time I’m going to top it with some green onions!

I made 4 servings with this recipe, and froze them! When I heated it up I sprinkled some cheddar cheese on the cauliflower!

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**Update**

I made this recipe again (probably one of my favorite recipes). I wanted to post another picture because I made it a little differently. This time I cooked it in the air fryer!! It came out SO delicious!! I know my mashed cauliflower doesn't look very appetizing but believe me, looks can be deceiving!

Each of these meals include approximately: 405 calories, 46 grams of carbs, 7 grams of fat, and 43 grams of protein.