Recipe: Cashew Chicken Breasts (coated with cracker crumbs, nuts and coconut)

CASHEW CHICKEN

1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1/2 cup raw cashews (or raw almonds for almond chicken)
8 to 10 salted butter-flavor crackers (like Ritz)
4 skinless chicken breast halves
3 to 4 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
Salt and ground black pepper, to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Place coconut, cashews and crackers in a food processor, and process until they are coarsely chopped.

Dip chicken in melted butter or margarine, and roll in cracker mixture. Place chicken in foil lined baking dish. Any extra cracker mixture can be blended with a little of the left over butter, and gently packed on to the chicken breasts.

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Season with salt and pepper if desired.

From: Kelly~WA