Chicken Covered With Walnuts and Saffron
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 3 lbs chicken
- 1 medium onion
- 2 tablespoons packed chopped cilantro
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1⁄2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 cups water
- 7 eggs, separated
- 2 cups walnuts
- 1 pinch powdered saffron
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
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meatballs
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
directions
- Remove and reserve chicken breasts. Cut bottom quarters into two or three even pieces each.
- Pound onion and cilantro in a mortar until onion is mostly mashed.
- Put 1 T oil in a heavy pot over medium heat. Add chicken dark meat, pounded onion, salt, pepper, cumin, cinnamon, vinegar, and soy sauce (or murri). Fry for 10 minutes, then add water, cover the pot, and simmer.
- Meanwhile, remove bones from chicken breast, and pass through a meat grinder or puree in food processor until homogeneous but not too smooth. Add garlic, pepper, cumin, coriander and soy sauce or murri.
- Grind the walnuts in a food processor about 30 seconds until coarser than dust but finer than chopped, add in the egg whites and blend together.
- When the chicken has simmered about 40 minutes, spoon in the meatball mixture by teaspoons to make the meatballs. Add the egg yolks, either whole or by spoonfuls. Spread the walnut and eggwhite mixture uniformly over the top. Simmer another ten minutes, sprinkle with pepper and cinnamon and serve.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!