Pecan Lime Chicken
- 4 pieces Chicken Breast
- 1/4 cups Flour
- 1/4 cups Ground Roasted Pecans
- 5 Tablespoons Buter
- 23 cups Minced Scallion
- 1 clove Garlic, Minced
- 1/2 cups Dry White Wine
- 1/4 teaspoons Salt
- 1/4 teaspoons Fresh Ground Pepper
- 1- 1/2 Tablespoon Fresh Lime Juice
- 2 teaspoons Lime Zest
- 1 Tablespoon Fresh Chopped Parsley
- Pecans Or Bread Crumbs For Sprinkling
- 1.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- 2.
- Rinse the chicken breasts and pound the thicker ends lightly to flatten to an even thickness.
- 3.
- Mix together the flour and ground pecans; dredge the chicken breasts.
- In a large skillet, melt 4 tablespoons of the butter over moderately high heat.
- Add the chicken and saute, turning once, until golden brown, about 3 minutes on each side.
- Remove to a plate.
- 4.
- Reduce the heat to low and add the scallions and garlic.
- Cook until soft, about 5 minutes.
- Increase the heat to moderately high, add the wine and boil, scraping up any browned bits, until reduced by half; about 6-8 minutes.
- 5.
- Spread half of the scallion sauce in a buttered baking dish just large enough to hold the chicken in a single layer.
- Add the chicken and season with the salt and pepper; drizzle on the lime juice.
- Cover with the remaining sauce.
- Sprinkle on the lime zest, parsley and either bread crumbs or chopped pecans.
- Dot with the remaining 1 tablespoon butter.
- 6.
- Bake the chicken in the top third of the oven for 15 minutes (do not overcook).
- Serve at once.
chicken, flour, ground roasted pecans, buter, scallion, clove garlic, white wine, salt, fresh ground pepper, lime juice, lime zest, fresh chopped parsley, pecans
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/pecan-lime-chicken/ (may not work)