Lunch: Pecan Chicken

A nutty baked chicken dish with fresh grapes and lots of flavor.

This recipe includes superfoods such as:

Sesame Seeds

Health benefits of Pecan Chicken

Sesame seeds help with progesterone balance. Lignans found in in sesame seeds help to prevent excess estrogen production.

Ingredients

8 tablespoons butter
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup ground pecans
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon paprika
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup sesame seeds
2 (2 1/2 lb) whole chickens, cut into quarters or pieces
1/4 cup pecan halves
1 cup mixed red and green grapes

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 º.
Melt butter in a 10 by 15-inch baking pan. In a shallow dish, combine buttermilk and egg. In another dish combine flour, pecans, salt, paprika, pepper and sesame seeds. Dip chicken in buttermilk then in flour. Place skin side down in melted butter. Turn to coat and leave skin side up. Sprinkle with pecan halves. Bake for 1 hour and 25 minutes. Half way through cooking, toss the grapes onto the baking pan as well.

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