Baked Parmesan Chicken (NOT Chicken Parmesan) (chicken breast, horseradish, mustard, pepper)

[CheyDee]

This recipe is very forgiving, so you can easily substitute for what you don't have on hand.

8 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (I use 4, then slice each once to make them thinner.)
1/2 c. dijon mustard (I use horseradish mustard, since that's what I usually have on hand.)
1/4 c. apple juice (Can sub orange juice if you don't have apple, but trust me - the apple juice sounds like it would be horrible in this recipe, but it's excellent.)
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 Tbsp butter, melted
1 c. flavored bread crumbs (Can sub Panko, but spice it up a bit, or even mashed crackers if that's all you have.)
3/4 c. grated parmesan cheese
1/4 c. ground almonds (Can sub peanuts, pistachios or cashews, or omit nuts entirely.)
A few shakes of dried red pepper flakes.

Preheat oven to 375.

Mix together mustard, apple juice, garlic and melted butter.

In a separate bowl mix together bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, nuts and dried pepper flakes.

Dip each chicken breast into apple juice mixture, then coat with bread crumb mixture.
Place on a wire rack in a baking pan. Bake 25 minutes, or until golden brown on the outside.

Quick, easy & yummy!

[kelsie]

Thank you so much for this recipe. I am making boneless chicken tonight. I will have to try this when I have apple juice in the house.

I tried to rep you 2x and it won't let me. I will try again tonight.

[CheyDee]

Any fruit juice you have on hand will work, as long as it isn't tart (like grapefruit). Enjoy!

[kelsie]

The only juice I have is grape.

[CheyDee]

I never tried it with grape, but I have used cranberry juice cocktail in a pinch. Shhhhhh! Don't tell DH or else he wouldn't eat it!

[Gandalara]

If you don't have chicken, use pork chops.

Yum

[peachgeek]

I definitely have to try out this recipe.

[CheyDee]

Originally Posted by Gandalara

If you don't have chicken, use pork chops.

Yum

That would work well too.

[sskkc]

I recently began subbing inexpensive, "ritz" type crackers for bread crumbs when breading chicken... it goes over BIG here, plus they're less than $1.50 a box at Aldi... win/win!