Chicken with Almond Garlic Sauce

Name: Chicken with Almond Garlic Sauce
Yield: makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 1 cup blanched almonds; 4 garlic cloves, peeled and lightly smashed; 1 chicken, 3 to 4 pounds, cut into serving pieces, or 2 1/2 to 3 pounds chicken parts, trimmed of excess fat; Salt and black pepper to taste; 1 large onion, chopped; Large pinch of saffron threads; 1/4 cup chicken stock, preferably homemade (page 160), or water; 2 hard-cooked eggs (page 338), optional; 1 cup dry sherry

December 14, 2011

This dish incorporates many of the distinctive elements of Spanish cuisine: almonds, garlic, saffron, and sherry. The addition of hard-cooked eggs to poultry dishes, traditional and still popular, is called pepitoria. Serve with Yellow Rice (page 518) or any other rice or potato dish and whatever vegetable you like.

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