Chicken With Almonds And Eggs Penaflor Style Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a medium bowl, season bread crumbs with salt and pepper. Place eggs in a small bowl with 2 teaspoons water, and beat lightly. Dip chicken in egg, wiping away excess with your fingers, and dip in bread-crumb mixture. Dredge until lightly coated. Dip in egg again, and coat thoroughly with almonds.
• Heat butter and oil in a 12-inch ovenproof skillet over medium heat. Saute chicken until nicely browned, about 3 minutes, and turn over. Cook 1 minute more; then transfer pan to oven, and bake until chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes.

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.

Steps:

• 1.Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper to taste. Heat olive oil in 1 very large or 2 medium skillets over medium-high heat. Add chicken and brown on all sides, about 3-5 minutes per side. Remove chicken and set aside. Pour off all but 2 Tbs. of pan drippings. In same pan, saute onion and half of garlic until soft. Stir in flour to blend, then slowly stir in 1 cup broth, bay leaf and saffron. Return chicken to pan, cover and simmer over medium-low heat 30 minutes.
• 2. Meanwhile, in blender, combine almonds, 2 Tbs. parsley, remaining garlic and broth. Process until almonds are finely ground. With tongs or slotted spoon, transfer chicken to platter. Turn heat to high and stir almond mixture into pan liquids. Bring to boil and boil 1-2 minutes, or until slightly thick. Pour sauce over chicken and sprinkle with eggs, capers and remaining parsley.
• 3 Key Ingredients: STAR Originale Olive Oil, Capers, Chicken

Steps:

• In a skillet, heat the butter, add the chicken and brown on all sides. Remove chicken and keep hot. To the pan add the garlic, onion and cook over low heat 3 minutes. Add the tomato paste and flour and stir with a wire whisk until mixture is smooth.
• Stir in the stock and sherry. When mixture returns to a boil, return chicken to pan and add almonds, salt, pepper and tarragon. Cover and simmer slowly 45-50 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to a shallow casserole, stir the sour cream in the sauce remaining in the pan and heat thorougly. Do not boil. Pour sauce over chicken and sprinkle with cheese. Brown lightly under preheated broiler.