Almond Crusted Chicken
Marinating this almond-crusted chicken in a mixture of yogurt and paprika and lemon, makes it oh so moist and tender inside and crispy on the outside.
This post is sponsored by Blue Diamond Almonds. As always, all opinions and recipe are my own. Thanks for supporting the brands who support me in doing what I love!
This life can be pretty glorious, but every now and then, things don’t go according to plan and we end up being clobbered by lemons!
Of course, when that happens we try our best to simply pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and keep on going – till we reach those glorious bits and pieces again. And, reach them we do. In time.
Speaking of life’s lemons…
I came across this story yesterday (which I am sure y’all have already heard about), about this remarkable lady, who suffered serious burns in a fluke kitchen accident when she was a toddler. I must say I have been so in awe of how she not only picked herself up and dusted herself off, but in the way she stopped to help others along the way.
When she found permanent tattooing to be the answer she needed to cover up her scars, she decided to master it herself and start offering it to other burn victims; in the process, helping them pick themselves up, dust themselves off and reach their own glorious bits and pieces.
Speaking of glorious bits and pieces and things not going quite according to plan ….
It had been a long day, and my daughter posed the infamous “mom, what’s for dinner question” and while I was thinking about it, I figured I would make us a quick snack – using the almonds I found on my doorstep, sent by Blue Diamond Almonds.
At first, I was going to toss them on a small salad – but, other than broccoli and beets, I was short on veggies. My daughter suggested a nut butter type dip with the two different kinds of Blue Diamond almonds – but we didn’t have anything to dip into the dip.
What we did have was defrosted chicken, so I figured I would pulverize the almonds and use them to coat the chicken, using egg as the glue – but – guess what? Yup – we were out of eggs (clearly I need to make a grocery store run)! But we had yogurt and a bag of lemons, so I ended up using them as a stand-in for the eggs and as a marinade – and – the resulting almond-crusted chicken bites were so good – we ended up making this our dinner – and what a glorious meal this was to end a crazy day with!
These almond crusted chicken bites are definitely going to be on our homegating menu this weekend – maybe they will be on yours?
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Ingredients
- 2 free range chicken breasts cut into bite sized pieces
- 1 7 oz container Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- juice of half a lemon
- salt and pepper to taste if needed
- 1/2 cup Blue Diamond Wasabi and Soy Sauce Almonds
- 1/2 cup Blue Diamond Smokehouse Almonds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375
- Mix the yogurt, paprika, lemon and salt and pepper together and add chicken to the mixture, making sure to coat the chicken pieces well – let sit
- Meanwhile, add the almonds to a blender and pulse till somewhat fine
- Coat marinaded chicken with crushed almonds
- Spread onto a foil lined baking tray and bake for 30 minutes
i’m about to go to bed and this caught my eye. craving set in and it’s not even game day! haha
You are too kind my friend! Thank You Lindsay!
I don’t even care that it’s only 6:37 in the morning, I could lick that plate clean!!
Haha – thanks Jessie! xxs
Haha! That sounds like what happens in my kitchen…oh shoot I’m out of that…and that…and that too! These crusted chicken fingers look delicious!! I love the yogurt marinade! It’s almost like a tikka masala base, which I bet made it super tender. Yummm
Yes, Lindsey – definitely like a tikka base – and you bet – chicken was way tender than when I use egg whites – guess it was a good thing I was all out! 🙂
Hi Shashi, we prepare a halibut with ground pistachios, I bet this is delicious!
Oh my – Cheri, that halibut with ground pistachios sounds oh so wonderful! I need to try that next! Thank you!
They look so crunchy and I love that marinade!
Thanks so much Angie!
These chicken snacks look so yummy – way better than chicken nuggets! Love all the fun Blue Diamond Almond flavors available!
Yes – these are more fun to make and eat than regular chicken nuggets 🙂 Thanks Elizabeth
A fantastic recipe Shashi! 🙂
And thank you so much for sharing such a wonderful video of hope in your post. I remember the first girl’s story, it was horrible news here, and it’s wonderful to see that she’s able to have the talents of Basma Hameed help her rebuild her life.
I am so glad you found that story as heartwarming as I did, Neil!
And – Thank you! 🙂
I love this innovative almond coating! The perfect amount of crunch.
Thanks so much Joanne
Great taste buds (or taste makers!) think alike! We have some similar recipes today, But I am loving that you marinated yours in yogurt instead of my dipping into it! Pinned!
You sure are right – great tastemakers think alike indeed! 😉
I so loved your pictures lady! I think you need to start up your own food photography skillz course!
These are such fun little bites! Love the almond coating, they sound fantastic with the yogurt marinade! Thanks for sharing the video too. Such an incredible woman!
I can taste this chicken through the screen and it tastes delicious!! MMMMM.
Haha – thanks Erin!
I order a dish of almond grusted grouper almost every time I go on vacation in the summer. I’ve never tried copying that with chicken.. but makes sense to me!
Duuuuuude – am starting to believe that almond crusted EVERYTHING is FABULOUS!
I love crusting things with almonds! Great dish — really nice recipe. And Blue Diamond does a good almond, don’t they? Thanks for this.
You know, John, I have only crusted chicken with almonds – am thinking I need to try this on fish too … thank you for that idea!!! 🙂
I’m refusing to watch the game. As a Bronco fan, either one of the teams is appealing to us 🙂
Of course that means that I can make it all about the food that day cos I doubt I’ll watch any of it 🙂
These look great! Theyll go perfectly with ghe oven chips I plan to make. Love crunchy things on chicken 🙂
I am making it ALL about the food too! 🙂
Thanks so much Nazneen!
I need these in my life. Right now. Make it 🙂
Haha – thanks Kiran!
Oh my do these look amazing!?! All of that nutty crunch and so simple to prepare. Great recipe, Shashi!
Yes -this was so simple to make! And so.good. Thanks Marissa!
These look amaaaaazing, Shashi! And I love the delicious simplicity of them! I’ve only ever tried coating chicken with almonds once, but it was the bomb.com (I can’t believe I just said that…) I used regular almonds, so I imagine that the flavoured almonds would make things even more delicious. And your recent egg-less debacle sounds like the situation I’ve got going on right now 😉
Thanks so much Amanda!
Yes – the flavored ones were thebomb.comx2!
I used blue diamond honey vanilla almond to crust my chicken, haha! nut crusted chicken is so good though!
You are so right – nut crusted chicken is so good indeed!
Yum – this looks awesome!! We eat lots of chicken and I’m always looking for new ways to cook it. Can’t wait to get all the ingredients and make this one.
This was super easy to make Kim – and deeeelicious! I bet y’all would love’em! 🙂
Shashi, I hadn’t read that story before. . I love inspirational real life stories like that! and love using different things to coat and bread chicken. . love this!! Wow, I’ve got to try the Blue Diamond Wasabi and Soy Sauce Almonds!!! yummmmm!!
I am so glad you liked that story – it has been one of my favs! And that Wasabi and Soy Sauce flavored almonds are the best! Thanks so much Alice!
What a fun (and easy) chicken recipe, Shashi…I’m totally digging it! I love that you used 2 flavors of almonds in here, too. So if this is your homegating recipe….that means that your daughter convinced you to watch the Super Bowl! Way to go, lil Shashi! 🙂
Haha – she sure did, David! I might have more fun watching the commercials and devouring the food … and bugging lil Shashi, though!
Such a simple but delicious chicken dish – I saw a similar recipe just a couple of days back and decided to make it for my brother – now I definitely will, you have reinforced that notion 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
It sure was delicious Urvashi! Hope your brother enjoys it! 🙂 Thank you!
I would love this dish. Chicken-y and crusty and delicious!
I know right, Maureen!
I loveeee crusting chicken in nuts! This sounds fantastic – especially with that yogurt / paprika mixture!
Thanks so much Ashley!
I love how you used Greek yogurt to get the coating to stick – and the flavored almonds sound fantastic!
That Greek yogurt was phenomenal indeed! Thanks Jeanette!
I love marinating chicken in yogurt! And the nut coating looks phenomenal!!!
Thanks Liz!
I love almond crusted chicken and your use of those two awesome sounding nuts really takes this to the next level! Such a flavor packed recipe!
Thanks so much Sonali – those wasabi soy sauce almonds had an incredible kick – I used the smokehouse to tone them down some and they balanced each other out 🙂
Even though your cupboard was bare, you still created an interesting and tasty dish. Thank goodness you were sent those almonds! And how terrible to have burns from such a young age – very tragic but I’m glad to hear she’s doing well xx
That story was gut wrenching and heart warming -all in one, Charlie!
Btw – thank you!
These almond crusted chicken bites sound amazing! Great idea to marinate them with yogurt! Definitely have to try them, so easy and creative 🙂
Wait, you don’t want to eat this chicken with my waffles…. Did that come out wrong? lol
What a kind hearted and generous woman. I’m sure she knows exactly what these other people are going through! Great idea crusting these with almonds too 😀
That’s a rgeat movie night snack idea I hadn’t tried before. It looks simple enough and doesn’t seem to take up too much time.
Yeah I am in awe too when I see or hear about people who suffered but are standing strong. Sometimes we all forget how human we are and that standing on our feet after a traumatic event isn’t that easy.
I think I can eat most of this chicken bites while watching a tv programme… 🙂 Looks amazing and perfect!
I firmly believe that using nuts to give fish or chicken a crust is way better than those bread crumb coat. They are way crunchier and tastier. And I am loving these chicken bites 😀
This looks sooooo good! I love using almonds to coat chicken…have you ever tried cashews?! Happy to meet you via SITS.
I love Blue Diamond almonds… fell in love with those wasabi flavored ones. YUM!! What a great idea coating your chicken in them. 🙂
What a clever use of Blue Diamond Almonds! I need to try this, Shashi!
Hahah love your dinner improv! The lack of eggs would have had me throwing in the towel. The yogurt and lemon sounds amazing AND so much better than eggs!
These look so simple and yummy! Love it, pinned it!