Chicken With Almonds & Stone Fruits

One doesn’t have to be a gourmet chef, using complex ingredients, to come up with creative dishes. After all, that’s the purpose of this site.
In this recipe chicken breasts are served with apricot, Plums, necterines and almonds, making for a simple but elegant main course.

Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
4 chicken breasts, skinless, boneless
1/2 cup sliced almonds, raw or roasted
1 each apricot, pitted and cut into 1/8th
1 each plum, pitted and cut into 1/8th
1 each Necterine, pitted and cut into 1/8th
1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon fancy mustard
1 tablespoon butter
cooking spray or vegetable oil

Instructions
Lightly oil a casserole or baking dish and put chicken in it. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 10 minutes. If you bought raw almonds you’ll need to toast them by putting them in a separate baking dish and putting them in the oven, stirring twice, for about 10 minutes (don’t let them burn!)
While the chicken is baking combine the stone fruits, soy sauce, mustard and butter over medium heat until lightly cooked about 5-7 min. Pour this sauce over the chicken and continue to bake the chicken until cooked through, about another 10 minutes.
You can serve the chicken as is or glaze the sauce by putting the sauce-covered chicken under a broiler, basting once, for about 3 minutes. Before serving sprinkle the chicken with the almonds.
Serves 4

Beyond the Recipe
Oven-roasted potatoes with a balsamic vinegar flavoring would be nice.