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Pecan-Crusted Chicken Recipe

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These moist, tender chicken breasts have a crunchy coating of pecans and sesame seeds. They’re good served alone or with chicken gravy.—Molly Lloyd, Bourneville, Ohio

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8 Servings
Prep: 25 min. Bake: 15 min.

Ingredients

1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
1-1/2 teaspoons paprika
1-1/2 teaspoons pepper
1 teaspoon salt
8 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (4 ounces each), partially flattened
2 tablespoons canola oil

Directions

Place milk in a shallow bowl. In another shallow bowl, combine the flour, pecans, sesame seeds, paprika, pepper and salt. Dip chicken in milk, then coat in flour mixture.
In a large nonstick skillet, brown chicken in oil on both sides. Transfer to a 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until no longer pink. Yield: 8 servings.

Nutrition Facts: 1 chicken breast half equals 214 calories, 10 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 63 mg cholesterol, 252 mg sodium, 5 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 24 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 very lean meat, 1-1/2 fat.

Pecan-Crusted Chicken published in Taste of Home April/May 2008, p66

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