This delicious recipe for Chicken with Almond Butter has chicken baked with an unusual mixture of almond butter and spices.
This recipe is one that I’ve been making for dinner for my family for a long time. It’s pretty simple. Since we all like almonds, it works for us. I love the flavor that it imparts into each bite of chicken!
🛒 Ingredients Needed:
- ground almonds
- all purpose flour
- unsalted butter
- salt and cayenne pepper
- lemon zest and lemon juice
- Worcestershire sauce
- boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- sliced almonds
✏️ How to make Chicken with Almond Butter:
*The complete, printable recipe is in the recipe card at the end of this post.
- Preheat the oven to 425℉.
- In a medium bowl, use a spoon to blend together the almonds, flour and butter until smooth. Add salt, cayenne, lemon zest, lemon juice, and Worcestershire sauce, mixing well.
- Pound breasts lightly to thin them out, and spread generously with almond butter. Sprinkle almonds on top. Place them in a buttered baking dish, and bake for about 15 minutes, or until cooked through. Almonds will be golden brown. Serve immediately.
➡️ Recipe Tips and Substitutions:
- If preparing this recipe as gluten free, use gluten free all-purpose flour (or an appropriate replacement) in place of regular flour.
- Make sure you zest your lemon before you squeeze the juice out of it!
- Slivered almonds may be used in place of sliced almonds.
- Keep an eye on the chicken while baking to make sure the almonds are not burning. Baking on a lower rack will help with this.
❤️ What I Love About This Recipe:
- I love almonds!
- It’s a baked recipe that’s pretty low-carb.
- Leftovers of chicken with almond butter are great added to a salad.
Almond Butter Recipes:
Chicken with Almond Butter
This delicious recipe has chicken baked with an unusual mixture of almond butter and spices.
Ingredients
- ½ cup ground almonds
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ½ teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 4 medium (1 to 1½ pounds) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- ¼ cup slivered or sliced almonds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425℉.
- In a medium bowl, use a spoon to blend together the almonds, flour and butter until smooth. Add salt, cayenne, lemon zest, lemon juice, and Worcestershire sauce, mixing well.
- Pound breasts lightly to thin them out, and spread generously with almond butter. Sprinkle almonds on top. Place them in a buttered baking dish, and bake for about 15 minutes, or until cooked through. Almonds will be golden brown. Serve immediately.
Notes
- If preparing this recipe as gluten free, use gluten free all-purpose flour in place of regular flour.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving, Calories: 424kcal, Carbohydrates: 10g, Protein: 43g, Fat: 24g, Saturated Fat: 6g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g, Monounsaturated Fat: 7g, Trans Fat: 0.3g, Cholesterol: 124mg, Sodium: 499mg, Potassium: 756mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 279IU, Vitamin C: 4mg, Calcium: 82mg, Iron: 2mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
