Asparagus is available year-round, but spring is the best season for this nutritious vegetable. Crops are harvested from late February to June, with April being the prime month and high season for asparagus. Today I’m sharing an easy dinner idea of teriyaki chicken with steamed fresh asparagus. Marinate the boneless, skinless chicken breasts for an hour. Then cook the chicken, and dinner is on the table in 45 minutes. It’s an easy recipe that’s nice enough for company.
Teriyaki Chicken and Asparagus
Use organic when available. Makes 4 servings.
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Teriyaki Chicken and Asparagus
To welcome early spring, make a meal of Teriyaki Chicken with Fresh Asparagus
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup honey teriyaki sauce
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 16 spears fresh asparagus
- 4 slices Swiss cheese
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix the honey teriyaki sauce and wine
- Place chicken in the bowl, and coat with the marinade
- Cover & marinate in refrigerator at least 1 hour (or overnight)
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C)
- Discard marinade and arrange chicken breasts in a baking dish
- Bake 15 minutes in oven, until almost done
- Place asparagus in a pot fitted with a steamer basket over 1 inch of boiling water & steam 5 minutes, until tender
- Remove pan from oven, place 4 asparagus spears on each chicken breast, & top each breast with a slice of Swiss cheese
- Return pan to oven, & continue baking 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted and chicken juices run clear
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Looks yummy ~ thanks, hugs,
Late in commenting due to death of my only brother ~ sigh
Oh my dear friend – I lost my only brother in January. My prayers are with you. My heart is sad for your loss.
It’s still early for asparagus here…I guess they would be on the market soon. This looks very delicious, Carol.
Looks great. I love asparagus.
We just had some asparagus with our dinner last night; I love asparagus. This looks like such a delicious meal.
I just happened to pick up most of the ingredients for this today before reading the post. A good omen!
let me know what you think – Happy Tuesday!
…yum!
This sounds perfect for spring. I have been thinking about lighter meals recently. This looks and sounds delicious.
Thank you Carol, that looks so yummy!
This looks wonderful. Costco has bags of organic asparagus most of the year making it easy to get all the time.
I love asparagus but haven’t seen any yet this year. Can you also buy white asparagus in the US?
#MMBC
There may be stores that sell white but it’s not something I see in mine. I love when all the tender asparagus hits the shelves and on sale too.
This looks wonderful! My husband loves asparagus and would love this. Thank you for sharing this with us at the Will Blog for Comments #57 linkup. See you at #58–it opens Monday morning.