Pecan-studded Chicken With Maple Orange Glaze

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb skinless chicken breast half, boned and defatted
• 1/4 cup pecans, minced
• 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
• 4 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 teaspoons shallots, minced
• 4 tablespoons orange juice concentrate
• 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup

Recipe

• 1 with a meat mallet, pound chicken between two pieces of waxed paper until 1/2 inch thick.
• 2 preheat oven to 400. lightly coat a baking pan with olive oil.
• 3 in a small bowl, combine minced pecans and bread crumbs. brush chicken with honey and coat with bread crumbs.
• 4 place chicken on baking sheet.
• 5 bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
• 6 in a small saute pan, saute shallots in olive oil over medium heat for 1 minute. add maple syrup and oranje juice concentrate and bring to simmer.
• 7 serve each chicken breast with 1/2 tablespoons of maple orange glaze.