Pumpkin Seed-Crusted Chicken

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup	110g / 3.9oz	Pumpkinseeds
1 teaspoon	5ml	Ancho powder
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1 teaspoon	5ml	Chopped fresh thyme
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Goat cheese
4		Chicken breasts - (12 oz ea) - skin, and
		Wing bone attached
2 tablespoons	30ml	Extra-virgin olive oil

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Toast the pumpkinseeds and ancho powder in a saute pan on medium-high heat. Remove, crush in a mortar and pestle, and place in a large bowl. Add salt, pepper, and fresh thyme.

Stuff the goat cheese underneath the chicken skin of the breast, then dredge the chicken on both sides in the mixture and remove. Heat a saute pan on medium heat, add olive oil. Place the chicken, skin-side down into the pan.

When it becomes golden, flip the chicken and place into the oven for 12 to 15 minutes. Serve with a green salad or favorite vegetables.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
MELTING POT with Michelle Bernstein - (Show # MP-1C25) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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