Parmesan Chicken

This is now a new fave chicken dish in our house! I looked online for a tasty, quick chicken recipe and stumbled across this one on about.combusycooks. This had one of the most unique tastes with Dijon mustard, apple juice, fresh parmesan and crushed almonds all blended together!!! To save where I could on calories, I took fresh whole grain wheat bread and made my bread crumbs that way in a mini food processor. It was so fresh! This is now one of Lance's top 5! ENJOY! Parmesan Chicken is Whats Delectable for Dinner Tonight!

Dijon mustard, apple juice, Parmesan cheese, ground almonds, and garlic form a crispy and delicious coating on chicken breasts in this easy recipe for Parmesan Chicken. Make sure you use soft fresh bread crumbs, not the dry crumbs out of the can. If you use the dry crumbs you will have way too much for the recipe.

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:
•1/2 cup Dijon or coarse ground mustard "I didnt have quite a 1/2 cup of dijon mustard so I mixed a little coarse stone ground mustard with it and it tasted awesome! When I do it again I will mix the 2 mustards again."
•1/4 cup apple juice
•2 cloves garlic, minced
•2 Tbsp. butter, melted
•2 cups fresh soft bread crumbs
•3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
•1/4 cup ground almonds
•3 Tbsp. butter, melted
•1/2 tsp. salt
•1/8 tsp. pepper
•1 tsp. dried basil leaves
•7-8 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves

Preparation:

Line a 13x9" pan with heavy duty foil and add a wire rack. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In shallow pan, mix mustard, apple juice, garlic, and 2 Tbsp. melted butter.
In other pan, mix the crumbs, Parmesan cheese, almonds, 3 Tbsp. melted butter, salt, pepper, and dried basil.

Toss until evenly mixed.


Coat chicken in the mustard mixture,

Then roll it in the Parmesan cheese and bread crumb mixture until thoroughly coated.


Place the Parmesan Chicken on rack on top of the foil.

Bake for 25-30 minutes,
"Mine took a little longer than 30 minutes" until golden brown and thoroughly cooked. Serves 8


Note: You have to use soft fresh bread crumbs for this recipe; bread crumbs you make yourself by crumbling or processing fresh bread. Do NOT use the dried bread crumbs you buy in the supermarket; you'll have way too much left over. You can use shredded or grated Parmesan cheese.