Chicken in nut sauce

6 servings

90 minutes

The recipe is taken from the book "Abkhazian cuisine" published by "Eksmo".

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 907.8
• Proteins: 50.2g
• Fats: 70.1g
• Carbohydrates: 20g

Ingredients

• Chicken: 1 pc
• Nuts: 350 g
• Onion: 3 head
• Garlic: 4 clove
• Melted butter: 70 g
• Adjika: 1 tbsp
• Coriander: 1 bunch
• Mixture of herbs: 1 tsp
• Pomegranate juice: to taste
• Salt: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Cut the chicken into portions, place in a pot, cover with cold water, bring to a boil, add salt and simmer for 40-60 minutes until cooked. Skim off the foam from the broth as it cooks.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chicken: 1 piece
   • Salt:  to taste

2. Heat ghee in a cast-iron pot and add pieces of boiled chicken.

   Required ingredients:

   • Melted butter: 70 g

3. Chop the onion, mix it with adjika and add to the chicken, simmer on low heat for 10 minutes.

   Required ingredients:

   • Onion: 3 heads
   • Adjika: 1 tablespoon

4. Pass the nuts through a meat grinder twice. Crush the garlic with salt and herbs, mix with the nuts, and add 3 cups of warm chicken broth.

   Required ingredients:

   • Nuts: 350 g
   • Garlic: 4 cloves
   • Coriander: 1 bunch
   • Mixture of herbs: 1 teaspoon

5. Pour the nut sauce into the pot with chicken, simmer for another 10 minutes. A couple of minutes before finishing, add pomegranate juice. Serve immediately.

   Required ingredients:

   • Pomegranate juice:  to taste