Pecan Chicken with Cream Sauce

Name: Pecan Chicken with Cream Sauce
Prep time: 28 min
Cook time: 28 min
Total time: 28 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps butter or margarine, melted; 680 grams skinned and boned chicken breasts; 59 milliliters chicken broth; 2 Tbsps Dijon mustard, divided; 118 milliliters fine, dry breadcrumbs; 177 milliliters pecan halves; 0 teaspoons pepper; 0 teaspoons salt; 3 Tbsps vegetable oil; 59 milliliters whipping cream

Pecan Chicken with Cream Sauce requires around 28 minutes from start to finish. This דל פחמימות, recipe serves 4. One serving contains 574 calories, 40g of protein, and 40g of fat. It works well as a rather inexpensive main course. A mixture of whipping cream, dijon mustard, chicken broth, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

Process pecans in a food processor or blender until finely ground.

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Combine ground pecans and breadcrumbs in a shallow dish; set aside.

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Breadcrumbs

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Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Stir together butter and 1 Tbsp. mustard in a bowl.

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Mustard

Butter

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Brush each chicken breast with mustard mixture; dredge in pecan mixture.

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Mustard

Pecans

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat until hot; cook chicken 4 minutes on each side or until done.

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Cooking Oil

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Remove chicken from pan; keep warm.

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Whole Chicken

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Add whipping cream, broth, and remaining 1 Tbsp. mustard to drippings in pan; cook 4 minutes, stirring constantly, until sauce thickens.

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Whipping Cream

Mustard

Broth

Sauce

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Serve sauce over chicken.

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Sauce

Equipment Tip: A mini-food processor is just the right size to grind the small amount of pecans in step

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Pecans

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MENU IDEA FOR 4 * Pecan Chicken with Cream Sauce * Mashed sweet potatoes * Steamed asparagus

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Sweet Potato

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GROCERIES NEEDED Check staples: fine, dry breadcrumbs; salt; pepper; butter; Dijon mustard; vegetable oil * 3/4 cup pecan halves * 4 (6-oz.) skinned and boned chicken breasts * 1 (8-oz.) container whipping cream * 1 (14-oz.) can chicken broth * 1 (24-oz.) package refrigerated mashed sweet potatoes (such as Simply Potatoes) * 1 lb. fresh asparagus

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Chicken Breast

Breadcrumbs

Sweet Potato

Whipping Cream

Chicken Broth

Dijon Mustard