Pecan Crusted Chicken

Pecan Crusted Chicken

This is a New Orleans style dish. Read Rich.
I made it with Pecans becuase my sister Amy got me a ton of them and they are

really good.

1 oz fatty bacon cut into 3 millimeter ona a side cubes.
1 lb chicken breasts, cleaned and flattened
1 leek, cleaned and sliced thin
1/3 cup cream
2/3 cup shelled pecans
1 egg, beaten
salt and pepper
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp butter

1. render bacon in cast iron skillet, set aside
2. sweat leek in butter
3. add cream and bacon to leek and reduce until cream reduces.
4. salt and pepper chicken
5. grind pecans until coarse (not dust)
6. add olive oil to bacon fat and heat over medium high heat
7. dip chicken in egg and pecans
8. cook chicken 2 minutes per side until done
9. serve with leek cream sauce.