Chicken With Almonds

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces
• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 4 tablespoons wine vinegar or 4 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 3/4 cup blanched almond, crushed
• 1/4 cup blanched whole almond, toasted

Recipe

• 1 brown the chicken in 2 tbsp olive oil over low heat for about 15 minutes.
• 2 drain and set aside the chicken.
• 3 pour remaining olive oil into the pan.
• 4 dissolve tomato paste in 1 cup of warm water and add to pan.
• 5 bring to a boil and add the vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper and crushed almonds.
• 6 return to a boil and add the chicken.
• 7 lower heat to simmer and cook uncovered 45- 50 minutes.
• 8 add water if sauce gets too thick.
• 9 turn chicken at least once.
• 10 arrange chicken on a platter and cover with sauce.
• 11 sprinkle whole almonds on top.