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Spanish chicken gallina en pepitoria

4 servings

120 minutes

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Gallina en pepitoria - no, it's not a first and last name, it's a traditional Spanish dish, chicken in a fragrant saffron-almond sauce. You can use white wine instead of lemon juice.

Energy value per serving
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Ingredients
4servings
Chicken
1 piece
Onion
1 piece
White bread
1 piece
Garlic
2 cloves
Almond
10 pieces
Chicken egg
2 pieces
Olive oil
50 ml
Ground cumin (zira)
pinch
Lemon juice
1 tablespoon
Cinnamon
pinch
Ground cloves
pinch
Saffron
pinch
Ground black pepper
to taste
Salt
to taste
Cooking steps

  • 1

    Prepare the necessary ingredients.

  • 2

    Cut the chicken into 12 pieces: legs, thighs, wings, and breasts in half.

  • 3

    In a thick-walled pot, lightly fry bread and garlic in olive oil.
    Required ingredients:
    1. White bread: 1 piece
    2. Garlic: 2 cloves
    3. Olive oil: 50 ml

  • 4

    Then remove them and fry the chicken in the pot until golden brown. Transfer the fried chicken to another dish.
    Required ingredients:
    1. Chicken: 1 piece

  • 5

    In the same oil, sauté the onion until soft and return the chicken.
    Required ingredients:
    1. Onion: 1 piece

  • 6

    Fill with water, add lemon juice, salt, pepper, cinnamon, and cloves, cover with a lid and simmer for 30 minutes.
    Required ingredients:
    1. Lemon juice: 1 tablespoon
    2. Salt:  to taste
    3. Ground black pepper:  to taste
    4. Cinnamon:  pinch
    5. Ground cloves:  pinch

  • 7

    In a mortar, crush roasted garlic and bread with almonds, saffron, cumin, and yolks of boiled eggs.
    Required ingredients:
    1. Garlic: 2 cloves
    2. White bread: 1 piece
    3. Almond: 10 pieces
    4. Saffron:  pinch
    5. Ground cumin (zira):  pinch
    6. Chicken egg: 2 pieces

  • 8

    Add 70 ml of water to the mortar, mix the contents, and pour it into the pot with the chicken.
    Required ingredients:
    1. Chicken: 1 piece

  • 9

    Simmer with the lid closed for another hour on low heat. After the time is up, add finely chopped egg white.
    Required ingredients:
    1. Chicken egg: 2 pieces
    2. Onion: 1 piece

  • 10

    Stir and remove from heat. Serve.