Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Almond Chicken Recipe


Categories: Chicken
 Yield: 4 servings
 
    2    Whole chicken breasts (about        1 sm Clove garlic, minced
    -12 oz each), split                                2 tb Sliced almonds
    1/2 ts Salt                                            1/4 c  Dry white wine or vermouth
    1/4 ts Pepper                                       2 ts Lemon juice
    1/4 ts Leaf marjoram, crumbled            1 ts Butter
    1 ts Olive oil                                         1 ts Chopped parsley
    1 tb Chopped green onion            
 
  Preheat oven to 350~. 
   
  Skin and bone chicken breasts.  Combine salt, pepper and marjoram on wax 
  paper.  Rub chicken with seasonings. 
   
  Brown chicken breasts in oil on both sides in a medium- sized skillet with 
  an ovenproof handle until lightly browned, about 5 minutes total.  Add 
  green onion and garlic; saute just until tender, about 2 minutes.  Sprinkle 
  almonds over chicken. 
   
  Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes or until chicken is tender.

  Remove chicken with almonds to warm platter; keep warm.  Add wine and lemon 
  juice to skillet.  Cook, stirring to scrape up browned bits, over medium 
  heat until sauce is slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.  Stir in butter 
  and parsley; remove from heat. 
   
  To serve: spoon sauce onto 4 serving plates; place chicken on top of sauce. 
  Garnish with seedless green grapes, sliced avocado, parsley and lemon 
  wedges, if you wish.

Makes 4 servings.

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