Sautéed chicken
and shallots are combined with finely chopped almonds, prunes
and nutmeg and baked.
Chicken
Afrique
- 1 cut-up chicken
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup chopped shallots
3/4 cup finely chopped blanched almonds
12 pitted prunes
1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- Sprinkle chicken with
salt and pepper.
- In large frypan over medium
high heat, place olive oil. Add chicken and cook about 5 minutes
or until brown on all sides. Remove chicken to 2 1/2 quart baking
dish.
- To frypan, add shallots
and saute about 10 minutes; add to chicken along with the almonds,
prunes, nutmeg and water; cover with foil perforated with fork
in several places.
- Bake in 350°F
(175°C) oven about
1 hour or until chicken is fork tender. Remove to serving platter
and sprinkle with parsley.
Makes 4 servings.
Recipe provided courtesy
of the National Chicken Council. Used with permission.
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