I had the pleasure of working in the kitchen with my mom last Sunday to make this recipe. She had this chicken dish at a small dinner party and loved it. I wanted to try it in hopes that it was worthy of sharing with you and is it ever!
The chicken is brushed with honey (we preferred to drizzle it right on there) and then coated with a wonderful combination of cornflakes, pistachios and lemon zest. I must confess, I tend to leave the lemon zest out of recipes, but the flavor of the lemon with all the other ingredients was sinfully good. This tasted more like a lemon dessert (stange as that sounds!)
Sliced Lemon Pistachio Chicken Over Greens
- 1 1/4 cup cornflakes
- 4 tbsp pistachios, toasted (Place them in a frying pan over medium heat until lightly browned.)
- 2 tsp grated lemon rind
- 1 tsp salt – divided
- 1 tsp black pepper – divided
- 4 skinned boneless chicken breast halves
- 1/4 cup honey or enough to brush or drizzle onto both sides of chicken
- cooking spray
- 6 cups salad greens
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Combine cornflakes, pistachios, rind, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper in a food processor – pulse until coarsely ground. Place crumb mixture in a shallow dish.
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Place each chicken breast half between 2 sheets of wax paper. Flatten to a 1/4″ thickness using a meat mallet or a rolling pin. Brush the chicken with honey. Dredge the chicken in crumb mixture.
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Heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat. Add chicken and saute about 5 minutes per side or until done. Cut chicken into 1/2″ strips, set aside.
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Place greens in a large bowl and sprinkle 1/2 tsp (or to taste) salt and pepper.
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Serve with strips of chicken over greens and salad dressing of your choice. (A dressing with honey is highly recomended!)
This recipe was shared over at Make Ahead Meals for Busy Moms Melt in Your Mouth Monday Recipe Linky #100!
that really looks good,,something I think I can make
Are you kidding – this sounds FANTASTIC!!! I definitely need to try this.
I am forever finding things I want to try, and this one’s no exception, but we haven’t had chicken in awhile, and hubby loves it, so I think I’ll try this one over the weekend. I’ll come back and let you know how it turned out over this a’way. Thanks for sharing it!
Thanks for your nice comments! I hope you do come back and let me know if you like it! I just bought the cornflakes and pistachios to make it this weekend!
Looks delicious!
I am going to make this chicken recipe, and your dish looks like a chef made it. I like the greens that go with it. This is a very healthy meal! Thanks for sharing!
This was my dinner plan for tonight, but hubby’s got his annual poker party to attend (that he just remembered to tell me about) grrr. Tomorrow… ah well, maybe I’ll treat the kiddos to something like Chuck E Cheese tonight (cuz that’s better than homemade…not ).
Well Rosey, if you end up trying it, let me know! Chuck E Cheese is hard to beat! lol
This looks like a gourmet meal from a restaurant! Absolutely delicious!!
Looks absolutely FANTASTIC!!!!
We just made this and hubby loved it! Thanks for the dinner hit!
Rosey (Mail4Rosey) Introduced me to this!
I will have to try it! Looks YUM and based on Rosey’s statements YUMMMYY!
Thank you Rosey for sharing a link to this recipe on your blog! Colette, thanks for your comment. Please come back and let me know if you try this!
looks so good yum
very southern dish..i like it!!
mmmm this looks delicious!
This looks delicious!I would love to try it.If this was on a menu at a restaurant I would order it.
this sounds so great! different in a good way, not wierd! I love honey and lemon with chicken, so I’m sure I would love it! I can’t wait to try it!
This recipe looks amazing! definitely would love to try this:)
I eat a lot of chicken and am forever looking for new recipes. I will have to try this out as it looks very good and I am so into greens.