Prep Time: 10 minutes 

Cook Time: 45 minutes 

Total Time: 55 minutes 

Servings: 6 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds organic chicken breasts
  • 1/2 cup spicy brown mustard
  • 2 tbsp organic honey
  • 1 cup pecans

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • In a mixing bowl, whisk together honey and mustard
  • Place pecans in food processer and pulse until the nuts are finely chopped
  • Pour chopped pecans in a large mixing bowl
  • Trim fat off chicken breasts
  • Remove any excess moisture from the chicken breasts with a paper towel
  • Coat chicken breast with mustard-honey mixture then place in the chopped pecan bowl
  • Coat the chicken breast with pecans
  • Place crusted chicken breasts in glass baking dish. Bake for 45 minutes

Variations

For a vegan/vegetarian version, you can cut 1″ thick pieces of extra firm tofu, cover with the honey mustard sauce and chopped pecans. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 20 minutes.

Nutrition Info

Recipe courtesy Healthy Steps Nutrition