new chicken

Chicken breasts baked with a sour cream, garlic, creamy soup and cream cheese mixture. Easy chicken dish that tastes like you worked for hours!! I threw this together when we were having friends over and there was nothing left. Serve over rice.

This won 1st place in county fair Dairy Main Dish Recipe Contest in 1972. Passed down in the family -- it's the dish I make when I make my first dinner for a boyfriend! Everyone loves this! (Even my daughter- picking out the mushrooms, of course!) Cook any kind of noodles or rice to have as a bed under the chicken and sauce. I always make double the sauce, because its sooo good! I use the sauce just with noodles as well.

I almost never order a nut-crusted entrée in a restaurant, as it often features a sugary glaze or an overly sweet nut, like pecan or macadamia. That's not an issue with this walnut chicken. Buttery, subtly bitter walnuts coat the chicken, attached with a savory "nut glue" made with a garlic and mustard base. This protective layer of deliciousness makes boneless, skinless chicken breast taste like it was just carved off a freshly roasted chicken.

This is a perfect dinner for two or can be doubled for company. Serve with wild rice.