Coconut Chicken with Pineapple and Mango Salsa

I was looking through one of my recipe books last weekend, and wanted to find a nice and healthy recipe to make for myself and my boyfriend for dinner. I came across a recipe for this coconut chicken with pineapple and mango salsa, and immediately knew that this is what I had to make!

What you will need is a baking sheet/pan, 1 egg (lightly beaten), chicken breasts, coconut flakes, vegetable oil, salt, cayenne pepper, pineapple, mango slices, and lime juice.

• Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Line your baking sheet with foil, and lightly grease it (then set aside). 
• In a small bowl, whisk together your egg, 1 tbsp. of veggie oil, ¼ tsp of salt, and 1/8 tsp of cayenne pepper.
• Spread out your coconut flakes on a plate or in a shallow bowl 
• Dip each chicken breast in your egg mixture, and then coat with coconut flakes. Place each piece on your baking sheet. 
• Bake chicken for 10-12 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink.

While your chicken is baking, you can start on your pineapple and mango salsa. I purchased already cut pineapple, because they are not sitting in the pineapple juice, absorbing the sugar, but you can buy canned pineapple and just drain out the juice…. Either or works!

• Chop up your mango slices into small pieces (you can use your judgement on how many slices to cut up. I used about 6 slices). 
• Combine your pineapple, mango, 1 tbsp. of lime juice, salt (1/4 tsp), in a small bowl. You can also add some freshly chopped cilantro as well for some more flavor!! 

I also made some rice pilaf and lemon garlic asparagus for my side dishes. A nice couscous would go well with this dish also!

Enjoy!