Chicken With Almonds And Eggs Penaflor Style Recipes

CHICKEN WITH ALMONDS AND EGGS, PENAFLOR STYLE

Steps:

• Cut chicken into following: 2 thighs, 2 main wing joints, 2 second wing joints and breast into 4 pieces. (Save rest of chicken for other uses.) Sprinkle with salt and pepper and dredge in flour. Shake off excess.
• Heat oil in large skillet almost to smoking point and add garlic. Cook, stirring, until garlic is golden brown. Remove and reserve garlic. Reduce heat.
• Add chicken pieces and cook, turning so that pieces brown evenly, about 8 minutes. As pieces brown transfer to heatproof casserole. Add parsley sprigs to skillet and cook briefly. Remove and reserve parsley sprigs.
• Line bowl with fine sieve and pour hot fat into it. Save any crisp bits and add to chicken. Add 1 tablespoon of oil to chicken. Bring broth to boil and pour over chicken. Bring to boil and let simmer gently 15 minutes.
• Crush garlic, parsley sprigs and hard-cooked egg yolk to a paste. This should be done with mortar and pestle but can be done in electric blender. Scoop 2 tablespoons of broth from around simmering chicken. If blender is used, add while blending garlic mixture. If mortar and pestle are used, add to paste and blend well.
• Put raw egg yolks in small bowl and start beating. Add 2 tablespoons of hot broth from simmering chicken. Blend well.
• Pour garlic mixture into sauce around chicken. Pour in raw egg yolk mixture and cook over very low heat, shaking casserole and stirring. Take special care not to let sauce boil or it will curdle. Let simmer only until yolks thicken sauce.
• Put almonds into food processor or blender and blend to coarse meal. Take care not to overblend. Sprinkle almonds and chopped parsley over chicken and serve.

ALMOND SAUCE CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Pound chicken breasts to flatten; Season with salt and pepper to taste. In a small bowl, beat together egg and water to make egg wash. Place almond crumbs in a shallow dish or bowl; dip chicken in egg wash, then dredge in almonds.
• Melt butter with olive oil in a medium skillet over medium high heat. Brown coated chicken quickly, then transfer to a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In same skillet, brown the mushrooms and onions with the garlic. Mix together and spread mixture over the chicken.
• In same skillet, combine the cream and almond paste and mix together; heat through, then stir in nutmeg. Pour sauce over chicken, mushrooms and onions.
• Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and no longer pink inside.

CHINESE ALMOND CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix the soy sauce, salt, cornstarch, and sherry in a large bowl. Stir in chicken; cover and refrigerate.
• Heat 1 1/2 cups of the peanut oil in a large, deep skillet. Fry almonds in the oil until golden, about 1 minute. Drain fried almonds on a paper towel.
• Drain all but 3 tablespoons of oil from the skillet. Stir in the mushrooms, bamboo shoots, celery, onion, and water chestnuts. Cook and stir vegetables for 1 minute. Remove from skillet.
• Heat 1/4 cup oil in the skillet. Cook and stir the marinated chicken in hot oil until no longer pink in the center, and the juices run clear, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in cooked vegetables, chicken stock, and reserved soy sauce mixture; simmer until thickened, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in fried almonds before serving.