
How To Make Walnut Crusted Chicken
This delicious crusted chicken is marinated in white wine and herbs, coated with nuts, then paired with a honey mustard glaze, for a juicy and filling meal!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4large chicken breasts,boneless, skinless
- ⅓cupextra virgin olive oil,plus more for pan
- ¼cupDijon mustard
- ¼cupdry white wine,or chicken broth
- 3garlic cloves,minced
- 1tspdried thyme
- 1½cupswalnuts,finely diced
- 1cupall purpose flour,or whole wheat flour
- 1tspsalt
- ½tspfreshly ground black pepper
- fresh parsley,for serving, optional
For Honey Mustard Glaze:
- 3tbspDijon mustard
- ⅓cuphoney
Instructions
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Place the chicken, olive oil, mustard, white wine, garlic, and dried thyme in a large zipped-top bagger container. Seal shut, then give it a shake to combine.
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Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
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Combine the walnuts, flour, salt, and pepper together in a shallow dish. Remove the chicken, shake off a little excess marinade and dip both sides of the chicken in the walnut mixture, coating it well.
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Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
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Over medium heat, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in an oven-safe skillet. Add the chicken and sear for 2 minutes, 1 minute on each side.
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Transfer skillet to the oven and bake, covered loosely with aluminum foil, for 15 to 20 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked through.
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Whisk the honey and Dijon mustard together. Serve with chicken, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 777.05kcal
- Fat: 40.38g
- Saturated Fat: 8.49g
- Trans Fat: 0.23g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 22.21g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 7.22g
- Carbohydrates: 50.60g
- Fiber: 2.42g
- Sugar: 23.77g
- Protein: 50.22g
- Cholesterol: 139.20mg
- Sodium: 801.47mg
- Calcium: 65.46mg
- Potassium: 619.19mg
- Iron: 4.39mg
- Vitamin A: 68.56µg
- Vitamin C: 5.63mg
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