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
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!
I need these in my life. Right now. Make it 🙂
Haha – thanks Kiran!
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 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 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 can taste this chicken through the screen and it tastes delicious!! MMMMM.
Haha – thanks Erin!
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!
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!
I love this innovative almond coating! The perfect amount of crunch.
Thanks so much Joanne
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! 🙂
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
They look so crunchy and I love that marinade!
Thanks so much Angie!
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!
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! 🙂
I don’t even care that it’s only 6:37 in the morning, I could lick that plate clean!!
Haha – thanks Jessie! xxs
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!