Cashew Crusted Chicken And Dried Fruit

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• salt and pepper
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 egg, mixed with
• 1 tablespoon water, slightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 ounces raw cashews, toasted,and chopped in a processor
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 cup dry wine
• 1 pinch cayenne
• 3/4 cup apricot, chopped
• 1/3 cup raisins
• 1 teaspoon coriander seed
• 1/3 teaspoon cardamom
• 1/2 orange juice, and zest of
• 1/2 lemon, juice of, and zested
• 1/2 lemon, sliced (to garnish) (optional)
• 1/2 orange, sliced (to garnish) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300
• 2 make sauce:
• 3 place honey in a saucepan with one tablespoon water, and put on high heat
• 4 let honey boil for a minute or so, then carefully add wine, cayenne, coriander, cardamom, zests , apricots, raisins, and orange juice
• 5 cook sauce for 15-20 minutes
• 6 add lemon juice, then taste, and add more salt, cayenne or lemon as needed
• 7 for chicken:
• 8 heat butter and olive oil in a large skillet
• 9 pound the chicken into equal scallops
• 10 dredge in flour on both sides with salt and pepper
• 11 put chopped cashews in a flat plate, set aside
• 12 dip chicken into eggs, dip back into cashews, press to adhere
• 13 place in the skillet
• 14 sauté about 3-5 minutes per side until browned and cooked through
• 15 place chicken on plates
• 16 serve with sauce spooned over it
• 17 garnish with lemon and orange slices, slices