Chicken With Fruit & Almonds Recipe

Chicken With Fruit & Almonds Recipe

Ingredients:

2 c of milk
3 onions (medium); sliced
1 c of sliced coconut
2 cloves crushed garlic
2 Tbsps of grated lemon zest
3 Tbsps juice from a lemon
2 Tbsps of damson plum-jam
1 Tbsp of coriander (ground)
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp of salt
1/2 tsp of saffron (ground)
1 tsp of crushed anis seeds
1 tsp of ginger (ground)
1/4 tsp of chili seasoning
1 Tbsp of oil (vegetable)
3 Tbsps of butter
1 c of almonds (whole); blanched
12 cuts of chicken-breasts halves (4 oz each); skinned, deboned into 1-inch pcs
Heated cooked rice

Instructions:

Combine coconut & milk in saucepan. let it boil slowly over mid-heat; Remove pan from the heat. Stand for 30 mins.

Drain very well once done. Reserve the liquid collected. Press the coconut tightly between paper-towels to squeeze out extra moisture, then set it aside.

Mix onions, cloves, lemon zest, juice, jam, coriander, salt, sugar, anise, ginger, saffron, and chili powder. Stir very well then set the mixture aside.

You combine the butter and oil inside large-sized skillet Let it cook at mid-heat ’til the butter will melt. You add the extra coconut, then cook ’til browned lightly. Stir constantly.

You remove the coconut & set it aside. Gradually add the chicken into heated oil on skillet. Have it cooked ’til browned lightly. Stir thoroughly.

Add extra onion mix. Stir extra milk in, almonds & coconut. Let it boil. Have it covered, minimize the heat then simmer it for 10 mins or ’til chicken turns tender.

Best when served on top of rice.

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