Food Network: Pumpkin Seed-Crusted Chicken

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Pumpkin Seed-Crusted Chicken
Recipe courtesy Michelle Bernstein

Ingredients
1 cup pumpkinseeds
1 teaspoon ancho powder
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon thyme (fresh, chopped)
1 cup goat cheese
4 (12-ounce) chicken breasts, skin and wing bone attached
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Serving suggestion: a green salad or favorite vegetables

Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

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.