Peanut-Crusted Baked Chicken with Millet and Green Beans
Crushed roasted peanuts give baked chicken breast a crisp crust, served over fluffy millet and garlicky green beans.
Crushed peanuts make a surprisingly good stand-in for breadcrumbs, giving baked chicken breast a crunchy shell without a deep fryer in sight. It's the kind of dinner that dresses up a plain chicken breast while adding a genuine dose of extra protein and healthy fat from the nut coating itself.
We built this one around fitness__athlete_nutrition because the plate leans on lean chicken breast for its protein base, and millet for complex, slow-digesting carbs alongside it. It's a common dinner choice on a training day when you want something filling that isn't heavy.
The green beans get a quick garlic saute so the whole meal comes together in under 40 minutes, and leftovers reheat well for a next-day lunch.
Ingredients
Most ingredients here are everyday market staples across West Africa. A handful of specialty items may be easiest to find at a local open-air market or an African grocery store if you're elsewhere.
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