Orangechickenalmondine Recipes

ELEGANT ORANGE-ALMOND CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix flour, salt and pepper. Coat chicken with flour mixture.
• Heat oil in 12-inch skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat until hot.
• Cook chicken in oil about 15 minutes, turning occasionally, until brown on all sides. Cover and cook over low heat about 20 minutes or until juice is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut. Remove chicken from skillet with tongs; keep warm.
• Drain all but 1 tablespoon drippings from skillet. Cook mushrooms in 1 tablespoon drippings over medium heat about 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Remove mushrooms from skillet.
• Heat skillet over medium-high heat. Add orange juice and liqueur. Cook 1 to 2 minutes, stirring constantly and scraping up any brown bits, until mixture is slightly thickened. Stir in mushrooms; heat through. Serve mushroom mixture over chicken. Sprinkle with almonds and cilantro.

ORANGE CHICKEN ALMONDINE

Steps:

• Marinate the chicken breasts with the Italian dressing overnight.
• Heat about 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan and toast the almonds until they are golden brown; set aside.
• Heat another 2 tablespoons of oil in pan and sautee the chicken breasts until done; remove the chicken and set aside.
• In a bowl, mix together the chicken broth, orange juice, brown sugar, soy sauce and cornstarch.
• In the same pan used for sauteeing the chicken, put in the orange sauce mixture and cook until its a thick glaze consistency. Stir in the almonds.
• Add the chicken back to the orange sauce mixture to coat.
• Enjoy!

CHINESE-STYLE ORANGE-ALMOND CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place the almonds in a large non-stick pan and, shaking the pan often, toast over a medium heat for 5 minutes or until fragrant. Set aside.
• Warm the oil in the same pan over a medium-high heat, add the chicken and, turning occasionally, cook for 5 minutes or until it is cooked through. Set aside, and keep warm by covering loosely with foil.
• Add the shallots to the pan and cook for 5 minutes or until they have softened.
• Add the mushrooms to the pan and cook for 5 minutes or until they have softened.
• Stir in the marmalade, soy sauce and freshly ground black pepper, and return the chicken to the pan.
• Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until the juices run clear.
• Serve over a bed of steamed rice, topped with the almonds and orange slices.

CHICKEN ALMONDINE

Steps:

• Saute almonds in butter in a large skillet over medium heat until lightly browned.
• Remove with a slotted spoon, reserving butter in skillet.
• Set almonds aside.
• Combine flour, rosemary salt and pepper.
• Dredge chicken in flour mixture.
• Brown chicken in reserved butter over medium-high heat 4 minutes on each side.
• Stir in wine or apple juice, cover, reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes or until chicken is done.
• Remove chicken to a serving platter, reserving juices in skillet.
• Set chicken aside and keep warm.
• Bring juices to a boil; stir in reserved almonds.
• Spoon almond mixture over chicken.

ORANGE CHICKEN WITH ALMONDS

Steps:

• In a large, stainless-steel saucepan, brown the chicken, patted dry and seasoned with salt and pepper, in batches, in the butter over moderate-high heat, transferring it to a plate as it is browned.
• Pour off all but 2 tblsps of the fat from the saucepan.
• Add the flour mixture, cinnamon and ginger to the saucepan and cook the roux over low heat, stirring, for 3 minutes.
• Add the orange juice in a stream, whisking.
• Bring the liquid to a boil, stirring, and simmer the sauce until slightly thickened.
• Stir in the honey, almonds and the raisins and arrange the chicken in the skillet in one layer (or as close to it as you can).
• Simmer the chicken, covered, for 30 minutes, or until it is tender.
• Transfer to a plate and tent with foil to keep warm.
• Skim the fat from the sauce and reduce it over moderate-high heat until it is thick enough to coat back of spoon.
• Add the orange slices and heat over low heat until the slices are heated through.
• Nap the chicken breasts with the orange slices and some of the sauce.
• Pass the remaining sauce separately.