Chicken with nuts goes well. Nuts give their excellent taste and leave an unforgettable aftertaste. Of course, they are only part of the sauce, but it is they who play an important role there! This sauce is satsivi. And the dish itself is chicken with satsivi sauce (or also simply called "satsivi chicken").
This is an old Georgian recipe, which received popular love and glory. Many housewives learn to cook it in order to delight them with their households and guests. This delicious dish will not leave anyone indifferent! Still can't cook chicken with Satsivi sauce? Do not worry - in the article we will consider this chicken and nut recipe.
Ingredients
To cook satsivi chicken we need:
- A hen. It is advisable to take a weight of 1-2 kg.
- Walnuts.
- Onion.
- Vegetable oil.
- Saffron.
- Coriander.
- Black pepper.
- Sunli hops.
- Dried greens.
- 5 cloves of garlic.
- Bite 9%.
As you can see, there are a lot of ingredients. Anyway, the preparation of this dish takes a lot of time, while not having to rush. But it's worth it!
A hen
Of course, the main dish is chicken. Which bird to choose? You should choose small carcasses weighing 1-2 kg. If possible, then buy chicken from farmers in the market. Well, if this is not possible, then the usual one from the store will do. You can also use chicken breasts, chicken legs.
The first step is to thoroughly wash the chicken. Take a sharp knife and divide it into pieces. Let it be small pieces, it will be more convenient to eat. You should get rid of excess fat, buttocks, as well as the skin. But do not throw away the peel, we will need it when cooking meat.
After that we take a pan, put our pieces of chicken there, peel too, pour water and put on medium heat. You can also add bay leaf to the broth, but do not forget to remove it later. Salt the broth according to your taste preferences. Also do not forget to remove the foam from it. In the meantime, our chicken is preparing, we must make the sauce!
Sauce preparations
When cooking chicken with nuts, the most important thing is the sauce. As mentioned above, this is a well-known Satsivi. But first you need to cook all the ingredients for it. The first step is to take onions and peel it. Cut the onion into small pieces and place in a blender. We need some kind of onion paste. If there is no blender, then you can use a meat grinder. But in general, a blender for a chicken and nuts recipe is necessary, without it it will be inconvenient.
So what to do with our onion paste? It is not necessary to fry it, but the onion has a bitter taste and you can get rid of it when frying - only rich aroma and taste will remain. Therefore, take a frying pan, add some vegetable oil there and fry the pasta. Until the condition, until the onion begins to begin to take a golden hue. That will be quite enough.
Further, for our chicken with nuts, of course, nuts are needed. Used walnuts. You should sort them out and leave only the cleanest ones. Do not forget to stir the broth and remove the foam. Take a blender, add nuts, salad coriander and garlic. We bring them to the state of the paste, after which we add a teaspoon of hops-suneli, saffron, as well as salt and pepper to taste. You can add a little to chicken with nuts and prunes, the main thing is not to overdo it. Add to the walnut blender.
Sauce
While you are making preparations for the sauce, most likely the chicken will already be cooked. We take the meat from the broth and transfer it to some dishes. Let everything cool down, because Satsivi chicken is a cold appetizer and is served from the refrigerator. Mix the onion and nut paste together. Next, you need to wait a bit until the broth cools down. Once it has cooled to room temperature - you can continue to make the sauce.
Add the broth in small portions into the paste, stirring constantly. You can also interfere with your hands, in Georgia they do just that. It is necessary to add until the moment when the density is achieved, as in sour cream. You need to add a tablespoon of 9 percent vinegar, this will add some piquancy to the finished chicken with nuts.
Final stage
The sauce is ready, and the chicken is waiting in line. Now we should add satsivi to our chicken meat. You need to add gradually so that the bird is immersed in the sauce. The main thing is that everything should be smooth and beautiful. After that, you should put the chicken in the fridge under satsivi sauce, where the sauce will become even thicker. Well, and this is also necessary so that all the ingredients are finally mixed together. It is advisable to leave this whole thing for a couple of hours. In Georgia, it is customary to serve this dish with pomegranate. That is, you need to sprinkle chicken in Satsivi sauce with pomegranate seeds.
The article examined the recipe for chicken with walnuts, it is often called chicken with satsivi sauce. This popular Georgian dish will always delight your guests and leave only pleasant memories after the feast. Enjoy your meal!