Cashew Crusted Chicken With Spinach
- Reviews 5
Ready In: 40 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 ounces roasted cashews
- 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
- 1 tablespoon dried dill weed
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
- 1⁄2 cup white wine
- 1⁄2 cup chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 (6 ounce) bags baby spinach leaves
Directions
- Combine the olive oil and minced garlic and set aside
- Grind the cashews in a food processor or blender until they are the consistency of coarse cornmeal
- This should give you about 1 cup of ground nuts
- Combine the ground cashew with the seasoned salt and dill weed
- Dredge the chicken breasts, first in the cashew mixture, then in the beaten egg, then again in the cashew mixture
- Strain the garlic from the olive oil, reserving garlic
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet and add the chicken breasts
- Brown well on both sides
- Add the white wine, and when it is almost completely reduced (about 2 minutes) add the chicken broth and reserved garlic and bring to a boil
- Reduce heat and cover
- Cook for about 15 minutes or until juices run clear when chicken is pierced
- Remove Chicken breasts from skillet
- Add the butter and lemon juice to the juices in the skillet and bring to a boil, scraping up the browned bits from the bottom of the skillet
- Reduce heat, and add the spinach leaves
- Stir constantly until the spinach is wilted and combined with the pan juices
- Serve the chicken breasts over the spinach
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