Necessity is the mother of invention and often new recipes. In the past I would buy premade pecan chicken breasts from the store and bake them in the oven. They were good, but sometimes they had too much fat in the chicken and lacked a good pecan flavor. The last pecan chicken I purchased at another store, tasted like garbage I had to throw it in the trash and couldn’t even eat it. Since then, I have vowed to create my own pecan crust and develop my own recipe for pecan crusted chicken using fresh chicken breasts. I was able to create a recipe that using my own crushed pecans so that I could taste the flavor of pecans that premade lacked. 

I originally made this recipe by frying it in a pan but decided to recreate it by baking it in the oven.  I was glad I did; it was so tender and juice while being quick and easy to make.  Once the chicken is in the oven all the prep work is done.