Crusted Pecan Chicken with Apple Cream Sauce
Crusted Pecan Chicken with Apple Cream Sauce might be just the beverage you are searching for. This recipe makes 6 servings with 536 calories, 28g of protein, and 36g of fat each. For $1.86 per serving, this recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is brought to you by Yummy Healthy Easy. Plenty of people made this recipe, and 217 would say it hit the spot. Head to the store and pick up water, skinless boneless chicken breasts, green onions, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 40 minutes. With a spoonacular score of 70%, this dish is solid. Similar recipes include Pecan-Crusted Catfish with Spicy Cream Sauce, Pecan-crusted Halibut with Dijon Cream Sauce, and Pecan Crusted Chicken With Raspberry Sauce.
Servings: 6
Preparation duration: 20 minutes
Cooking duration: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
¾ cup apple juice
1 Tbsp. butter
¾ cup flour
1 Tbsp. chopped green onions or shallot
1 cup (half pint container) heavy cream
2 Tbsp. honey
½ cup milk
2 Tbsp. oil
1 Tbsp. olive oil
¾ cup pecans
¼ tsp. pepper
½ tsp. salt
6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 tsp. thyme
½ c. water
Equipment:
sauce pan
food processor
frying pan
bowl
Cooking instruction summary:
For sauce: Melt butter and olive oil in medium saucepan over low heat. Add onions or shallot and stir until softened. Add apple juice and water.Increase heat to high and boil until reduced to about ½ cup. Reduce heat to medium. Add the cream. Cook about 5 minutes (careful not to boil the cream over).Add the salt, pepper honey and vinegar. Heat for a few more minutes, or until thickened a bit more. Remove from heat and keep warm.Meanwhile, blend together flour, pecans, thyme, salt and pepper in a food processor. Dump pecan mixture onto a large plate. Pour milk into a medium sized bowl.In a large skillet, heat butter and oil over medium heat. Dip each chicken breast one at a time into the milk and then the pecan mixture. Pat to help adhere to the chicken.Cook chicken in prepared skillet, turning once until golden brown on both sides. Serve with apple cream sauce. Enjoy!
Step by step:
1. For sauce: Melt butter and olive oil in medium saucepan over low heat.
2. Add onions or shallot and stir until softened.
3. Add apple juice and water.Increase heat to high and boil until reduced to about ½ cup. Reduce heat to medium.
4. Add the cream. Cook about 5 minutes (careful not to boil the cream over).
5. Add the salt, pepper honey and vinegar.
6. Heat for a few more minutes, or until thickened a bit more.
7. Remove from heat and keep warm.Meanwhile, blend together flour, pecans, thyme, salt and pepper in a food processor. Dump pecan mixture onto a large plate.
8. Pour milk into a medium sized bowl.In a large skillet, heat butter and oil over medium heat. Dip each chicken breast one at a time into the milk and then the pecan mixture. Pat to help adhere to the chicken.Cook chicken in prepared skillet, turning once until golden brown on both sides.
9. Serve with apple cream sauce. Enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
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