Olive Stuffed Chicken With Almonds Food

OLIVE-STUFFED CHICKEN WITH ALMONDS

Steps:

• Pat chicken breasts dry, then cut a 2-inch-long horizontal slit in thickest part of each. Stuff each chicken breast with 1 1/2 teaspoons olives, then season with salt and pepper.
• Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then toast almonds, stirring often, until a few shades darker, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a cutting board to cool (do not clean skillet).
• Increase heat to moderately high, then add chicken breasts, skin sides down, to butter remaining in skillet and sprinkle with remaining olives. Sauté chicken breasts until skins are golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Turn chicken breasts over and cook, covered, over moderate heat until just cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes more, then transfer with tongs to plates.
• While chicken is cooking, chop almonds.
• Add remaining tablespoon butter and 3 tablespoons water to skillet and heat, stirring, until butter is melted. Stir in almonds, parsley, and pepper to taste. Spoon sauce over chicken.

CHICKEN WITH ALMONDS

Steps:

• In a skillet, heat the butter, add the chicken and brown on all sides. Remove chicken and keep hot. To the pan add the garlic, onion and cook over low heat 3 minutes. Add the tomato paste and flour and stir with a wire whisk until mixture is smooth.
• Stir in the stock and sherry. When mixture returns to a boil, return chicken to pan and add almonds, salt, pepper and tarragon. Cover and simmer slowly 45-50 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to a shallow casserole, stir the sour cream in the sauce remaining in the pan and heat thorougly. Do not boil. Pour sauce over chicken and sprinkle with cheese. Brown lightly under preheated broiler.

OLIVE-STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Puree the ricotta, olives, thyme, and 2 tablespoons of the bread crumbs in food processor.
• Spread the puree over the chicken breasts and roll starting at long sides, securing with toothpicks.
• Roll the breasts in remaining 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs to coat.
• Place breasts in baking dish, spray with olive oil, and bake until cooked through, about 25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, bring broth, vinegar, and brown sugar to a boil and boil for 1 minutes.
• Cut each chicken breast in 4 slices, arrange on plates, and drizzle with the sauce to serve.

CHICKEN WITH ALMONDS AND GREEN OLIVES

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large braising pan. Add the almonds, bread and garlic. Cook over medium heat so the garlic softens and the bread toasts but nothing burns. Scrape into a food processor and let cool for 5 minutes. Add the saffron and parsley and pulse to a coarse paste.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Season the chicken with salt and dust with flour. Add 2 tablespoons oil to the braiser and place over medium-high heat. Add chicken and brown all sides, then remove to a plate. Wipe out the pan. Add remaining oil, the chili and onions and cook until softened. Discard the chili. Nestle chicken in the pan, pour in the wine and reduce by half.
• Add the almond mixture and the broth, bring to a simmer, cover the pan and braise in the oven until the chicken is almost tender, about 40 minutes. Stir in the olives and cook until the chicken is very tender, 10 minutes more. Serve from the pan.

OLIVE-STUFFED CHICKEN WITH ALMONDS

Steps:

• 'Scotch' the olives by smashing them with the side of a large knife and remove the pit, then finely chop them.
• Using a paring knife, cut a deep, narrow pocket in each breast by inserting the knife into the thick end and wiggling the knife back a forth a bit.
• Stuff 1 1/2 tsp of olives into each breast, trying to evenly distribute throughout the pocket. Reserve remaining olives. Season chicken with pepper only.
• Melt 1 tbsp butter in a 12" nonstick pan. When the foam just subsides, add the whole almonds and toast--stirring frequently and observantly, they burn easily--until they darken a few shades ~5 minutes.
• Using slotted spoon, remove almonds from pan and cool, leaving as much butter as possible in the pan.
• Add chicken breasts to same pan and sprinkle with remaining olives. Cook uncovered, turning once until almost done about 6 minutes per side.
• While chicken cooks, chop almonds.
• When chicken is almost done, deglaze the pan with the wine (or water) and add the parsley and remaining butter. If using wine, reduce sauce slightly, then add almonds to pan and season with pepper as desired.
• Serve chicken topped with sauce.