Chicken With Almonds And Eggs Penaflor Style Food

CHICKEN WITH ALMONDS AND EGGS, PENAFLOR STYLE

Steps:

• Cut chicken into following: 2 thighs, 2 main wing joints, 2 second wing joints and breast into 4 pieces. (Save rest of chicken for other uses.) Sprinkle with salt and pepper and dredge in flour. Shake off excess.
• Heat oil in large skillet almost to smoking point and add garlic. Cook, stirring, until garlic is golden brown. Remove and reserve garlic. Reduce heat.
• Add chicken pieces and cook, turning so that pieces brown evenly, about 8 minutes. As pieces brown transfer to heatproof casserole. Add parsley sprigs to skillet and cook briefly. Remove and reserve parsley sprigs.
• Line bowl with fine sieve and pour hot fat into it. Save any crisp bits and add to chicken. Add 1 tablespoon of oil to chicken. Bring broth to boil and pour over chicken. Bring to boil and let simmer gently 15 minutes.
• Crush garlic, parsley sprigs and hard-cooked egg yolk to a paste. This should be done with mortar and pestle but can be done in electric blender. Scoop 2 tablespoons of broth from around simmering chicken. If blender is used, add while blending garlic mixture. If mortar and pestle are used, add to paste and blend well.
• Put raw egg yolks in small bowl and start beating. Add 2 tablespoons of hot broth from simmering chicken. Blend well.
• Pour garlic mixture into sauce around chicken. Pour in raw egg yolk mixture and cook over very low heat, shaking casserole and stirring. Take special care not to let sauce boil or it will curdle. Let simmer only until yolks thicken sauce.
• Put almonds into food processor or blender and blend to coarse meal. Take care not to overblend. Sprinkle almonds and chopped parsley over chicken and serve.

ALMOND CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 12 ingredients. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish; sprinkle with cheese. , Toss cornflakes with butter; sprinkle over cheese. Top with almonds. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until heated through.

PANFRIED ALMOND-AND SESAME-DUSTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Make marinade:
• Purée all marinade ingredients in a blender.
• Transfer marinade to a large bowl and toss with chicken to coat. Marinate chicken, covered and chilled, turning once, 8 to 12 hours.
• Make coating:
• Pulse pumpkin seeds and almonds separately in a food processor until pumpkin seeds are coarsely ground and almonds are finely ground (do not overprocess) and transfer to a large shallow bowl. Whisk in bread crumbs, flour, sesame seeds, 1 tablespoon salt, and cayenne. In another shallow bowl whisk together eggs and remaining teaspoon salt.
• Cook chicken:
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Remove chicken from marinade and pat dry with paper towels. Dip 1 piece chicken in egg, letting excess drip off, then dredge in crumb coating, knocking off excess. Transfer to a platter and repeat with remaining chicken.
• Heat oil in a deep large skillet (preferably well-seasoned cast iron) over moderate heat until hot but not smoking, then carefully add butter pieces. When butter is melted, cook chicken in batches (adjust heat if necessary to prevent coating from getting too brown), turning, until golden brown, about 10 minutes total. Transfer chicken as browned to a rack set in a shallow baking pan. When all chicken is browned, bake in middle of oven until cooked through, about 30 minutes.