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Nut Crusted Chicken with Pepita Dressing
Prize Winning Recipe - 25th Anniversary Recipe Contest
Pepita Dressing:
1 medium Anaheim chile, roasted, peeled and seeded
3 tbsp
Flanigan Farms Pepitas
3 large cloves of garlic
1/8 tbsp fresh ground pepper
½ tbsp salt
¾ cup olive oil
2½ tbsp red wine vinegar
3½ tbsp grated Cotija cheese
1 bunch of cilantro, stemmed
¾ cup mayonnaise
2 tbsp water
Add first 8 ingredients (Chile through Cotija cheese) into a food processor. Blend for about 13 seconds and slowly add cilantro until smoothly blended. Put mayonnaise and water in a large mixing bowl and whisk until smooth. Add blended mixture and mix until fully incorporated. Let sit for 10 minutes in the refrigerator then drizzle over crusted chicken. Dressing will keep, refrigerated, for up to 3 days.
Nut Chicken:
½ cup
Flanigan Farms Pine Nuts
½ cup
F
lanigan Farms Walnuts, chopped
½ cup
Flanigan Farms Pepitas
½ cup
Flanigan Farms Pecans Pieces
½ cup
Flanigan Farms Almonds, chopped
2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
½ cup canola oil
6 eggs beaten
salt and pepper
½ cup flour
Take the nuts and put them in a food processor. Blend until medium/fine ground. Set aside.
Take flour and season with salt and pepper. Take chicken, dip in beaten eggs, then dip in flour.
Dip again in egg then in nut mixture. Put the crusted chicken straight into a pan with the heated oil.
Cook until crust in brown and the chicken I white the whole way through. Plate your chicken and
drizzle Pepita Dressing on top. Delicious served with Couscous and a salad.
This recipe was a prize-winning entry in our 25th Anniversary Recipe Contest.
Submitted by 9th grader, Darren Barr. He says, "This recipe makes a great meal for any size family. It's easy to make and tastes great. I was bored and decided to enter this contest. I like to get creative." We're glad, Darren, because this is one terrific dish.
Ingredients:
Walnuts, chopped Case Price: $29.70
Almonds, chopped Case Price: $14.46
Pine Nuts Case Price: $21.90
Pepitas Case Price: $12.54
Pecan Pieces Case Price: $24.75
 
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