This delicious recipe for Chicken with Almond Butter has chicken baked with an unusual mixture of almond butter and spices.
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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!
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🛒 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
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✏️ 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.
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➡️ 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.
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❤️ 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.
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Almond Butter Recipes:
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Chicken with Almond Butter
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
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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