Chicken with Walnut Sauce

Submitted by Folk Dancer

"I got this recipe from a cookbook called "The Best of Slavic Cooking," by Alojzije Kapetanovic and Ruzica Kaptanovic. I like to serve it with rice and a green salad. (Of course, I like to serve almost everything with rice and a green salad)."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 chicken breast halves (or substitute other chicken parts)
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 onion, minced
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• flour, for dredging chicken
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts, ground
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly ground
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Dredge the chicken in the flour and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
2. In large saucepan, heat the oil, add the chicken, and half the garlic, cover and heat over medium-low heat for about thirty minutes or until chicken in cooked through.
3. Remove the chicken and keep warm.
4. Add the remaining garlic, onion and walnuts and sauté for five minutes.
5. Mix in the tbsp of flour, and cook until flour browns.
6. Add the chicken broth, nutmeg and cinnamon.
7. Add salt and pepper to taste.
8. Cook until the mixture thickens to sauce consistency.
9. Pour over the chicken and serve.