Toasted Pecan Chicken

By SD296

Ingredients

• 4 boneless chicken breasts
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 cups whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons orange marmalade or apricot preserves
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 3/4 cup chopped toasted pecans

Details

Preparation time 5mins
Cooking time 25mins
Adapted from plainchicken.com

Preparation

Step 1

Toast pecans by putting them on a cookie sheet and baking them at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

Pound chicken thin. Season with salt and pepper.

In a large skillet, melt butter. Cook chicken over medium-high heat for 3-4 minutes per side. Remove chicken from skillet.

Reduce heat to medium, add whipping cream, marmalade or preserves and mustard. Stir well. Add chicken, sprinkle with pecans and cook 8 minutes or until sauce thickens.

Serve over rice, if desired.