Chicken with Blackberries

6 servings

60 minutes

Chicken with blackberries is a traditional dish of Imeretian cuisine - it is customary to serve it cold and without a side dish. However, a side dish is always present on the Georgian table - in the form of fresh hot lavash, vegetables, herbs and homemade cheese. Or, as an option, you can serve thinly sliced fresh papaya and warm steamed rice with the chicken.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 414.8
• Proteins: 34g
• Fats: 28.3g
• Carbohydrates: 6.7g

Ingredients

• Chicken: 1200 g
• Blackberry: 500 g
• Garlic: 3 clove
• Ground coriander: 0.5 tsp
• Ground red pepper: 1 tsp
• Utskho-suneli: 0.5 tsp
• Salt: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Place a chicken weighing just over a kilogram in a pot of boiling, slightly salted water and cook until done, about forty minutes. Transfer the cooked chicken to a plate and let it cool.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chicken: 1200 g
   • Salt:  to taste

2. Turn ripe dry berries of fresh blackberries into puree using a blender or a mechanical vegetable mill, then strain through a sieve to remove the seeds.

   Required ingredients:

   • Blackberry: 500 g

3. Crush garlic in a mortar with salt into a uniform paste. In another mortar, grind the spices: coriander, ucho-suneli, and red pepper. Add garlic and spices to the blackberry puree and mix thoroughly.

   Required ingredients:

   • Garlic: 3 cloves
   • Salt:  to taste
   • Ground coriander: 0.5 teaspoon
   • Utskho-suneli: 0.5 teaspoon
   • Ground coriander: 0.5 teaspoon

4. Cut the cooled chicken into small portions, place them in a deep bowl, and pour over the blackberry sauce. Gently mix the meat.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chicken: 1200 g
   • Blackberry: 500 g

5. Let the meat marinate for at least ten to fifteen minutes, preferably overnight in the fridge. Arrange the cold pieces of meat on plates and serve.