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Recipe: Pastachio Crusted Chicken

June 20th, 2008

Dietary Recipes

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 egg white, lightly beaten
  • 3 tablespoons coarsely chopped pistachio nuts
  • 2 tablespoons coarse corn meal
  • Olive oil spray

Baking Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Line a baking sheet with foil.
  3. Remove fat from chicken and pound until about ›-inch thick. This can be done with the palm of your hand or the bottom of a sturdy skillet.
  4. Mix salt, black pepper and cayenne together.
  5. Roll chicken in mixture, coating both sides.
  6. Mix pistachio nuts and corn meal together.
  7. Dip chicken into the egg white and then roll in pistachio nut mixture.
  8. Heat a nonstick skillet on medium high and spray with olive oil spray.
  9. Brown chicken breasts for 2 minutes.
  10. Turn and brown 1 minute. When chicken is golden on both sides, remove to a baking sheet and place in oven for 5 minutes.

[Recipe Courtesy of Azstarnet]

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