Macadamia Nut Crust Recipes

MACADAMIA NUT CRUSTED MAHI MAHI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a food processor or blender, pulse together macadamia nuts and breadcrumbs until finely ground. Pour nut mixture onto a plate, and coat fish fillets on both sides.
• Heat butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Fry fillets on both sides until nuts are golden brown. Remove to a baking pan.
• Add shallots to skillet, and cook until translucent. Stir in chicken stock. Mix in pineapple, papaya, mango, coconut, and habanero peppers. Season with salt, pepper, and sugar to taste. Simmer until sauce is thick, about 30 minutes. Strain to remove peppers, fruit, and shallots. Reserve sauce in a pan over low heat.
• Bake mahi mahi in preheated oven about 10 minutes, until internal temperature reaches 140 degrees F. Remove fish, and lightly coat with sauce.

MACADAMIA NUT CRUSTED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Preheat your oven's broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Combine macadamia nuts, soy sauce, garlic, hot sauce, brown sugar, olive oil, and black pepper in a food processor; blend until the mixture is the consistency of paste.
• Spoon a thick layer of the macadamia mixture on top of each tilapia fillet. Place the fish macadamia mixture-side up on the prepared baking sheet. Under the broiler, cook fish until the macadamia crust is golden brown and the tilapia flakes easily, about 15 minutes.

MACADAMIA NUT CRUST

Steps:

• In a medium mixing bowl, combine the nuts, panko, sugar, flour and salt. Add the melted butter and stir to combine.
• Press the mixture into the bottom of a 9 or 10" cake, pie or springform pan as a crust for a cheesecake or cream pie.
• Bake according to instructions for cheesecake or pie. If baking for a precooked pie filling, preheat the oven to 375.
• Place on the center rack of the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes.

MACADAMIA NUT CRUSTED MAHI MAHI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. In a medium bowl, stir together the nuts, panko, flour, and butter. Set aside.
• Place a piece of aluminum foil on a baking sheet and brush it liberally with vegetable oil. Place the mahi mahi on the foil and sprinkle each fillet with salt and pepper on both sides. Bake for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and brush each fillet with the coconut milk. Divide the nut mixture among the tops of the 4 fillets, patting the mixture to spread and adhere to the fillets. Return to the oven and bake for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.
• Remove from the oven and allow to stand 10 minutes before serving.

MACADAMIA NUT CRUSTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Make the Sauce
• Mix the mayonnaise and sour cream together untill blended. Add sugar, juice of 1 lime, lemon pepper and garlice. Stir together. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• The Chicken
• Slice each chicken breast into 3 even slices. Pound them slightly between plastic wrap or waxed paper, season with salt and pepper.
• Crack the eggs into a shallow bowl, whisk until thoroughly blended. Set aside.
• Place finely chopped macadamia nuts into another shallow bowl.
• Dip chicken strips in the egg, then coat with the finely chopped macadamia nuts. Place the macadamia nut covered chicken on a baking sheet and bake them at 375 degrees F for 10-15 minutes or until juices run clear.
• In a saute pan, add 1 tbsp macadamia nut oil and garlic. Stir fry until garlic turns golden. Add red pepper strips to pan and continue to cook until heated through. Season with salt and pepper.
• Remove chicken from the oven and arrange on platter. Garnish with peppers. Sprinkle with chopped macadamia nuts, optional. Serve with sauce for dipping.
• Prep time and cook time are rough estimates and will vary on your level of cooking skills and your oven.

SHRIMP WITH MACADAMIA NUT CRUST

Steps:

• Butterfly the shrimp by deeply cutting down fro the top of the head to the tail leaving on the tail.
• You want to remove the vein.
• Season the shrimp with the salt and pepper.
• Combine the nuts and flour and coat the shrimp well in the mixture.
• Heat the butter and oil on a low flame in a skillet only until they are melted together, then bring the flame up to medium.
• Sear the shrimp, turning only once.
• You want them to be a golden brown on each side.
• Be careful not to let them get too brown.
• The nuts burn easily.
• This will go very quickly.