Chicken,  Food,  Healthy

Almond Crusted Chicken

March 2, 2011 /

Happy Wednesday everyone! Hope you are all enjoying your start to your week. We have been having a slight glimpse into spring here in Connecticut, but it appears that it is going to change back to rather bitter cold by tomorrow :-(. As you all know I love snow and the cold, but there comes a time right around March that my body flips a switch and says “OK, I am done, ready for some warm weather and flip flops now!”. I really don’t think I could live in a place where the seasons don’t change, I think I would go through withdrawal. I enjoy having that switch of cold to warm.

The good part is…I will being going to California in 14 days! Yes, I am definitely counting! I am ready for a break from the norm. I am going out to a wedding out there and I am so excited. This is the hotel that I will be staying at: Westin Pasadena. The hotel looks really amazing I must say…but you know what I can’t wait for? THE FOOD! haha, as always whenever I go someplace new I am always trying to find what the locals eat and what the best restaurants to go to are (if you have any suggestions please drop me a note!).

Whilst I continue to daydream about my tip to California and the warmer climate…enjoy this latest chicken recipe that I tried out. It was really good. SO simple, extremely tasty, and really good for you too!

Almond Crusted Chicken:

  • 1/2 cup roasted unsalted almonds
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher sea salt
  • 1-2 gloves of garlic (depending on how garlicky you like your food)
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 chicken breast halves (thinner the better)

Preheat your oven to 425º

Place your almonds, salt, garlic, and olive oil in a food processor. Depending on how fine or coarse you want the mixture to be will determine how long you want to keep it in the processor. Mine looked like this:

This is my little mini food processor, I adore it! If you don’t own a mini food processor…get one! They are so handy and they are just so darn cute, hehe 🙂

Smear the mixture over the chicken. The mixture should stick to the chicken quite easy. If not you might need a tad more olive oil. I placed my chicken on foil and then onto a baking sheet.

Place into the oven for about 15-18 minutes, or until done. Then serve warm!


I paired my chicken with some steamed broccoli. You could do any kind of veggie you wanted or even a pasta or rice! I was in a broccoli kind of mood. The chicken ended up being both moist but also had a crunch of the almonds on the outside which was really delicious. I was amazed at how much flavor this had with so few ingredients.

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