Almond chicken

Lovers of Chinese cuisine cannot fail to have tried the very famous and delicious chicken with almonds! The recipe is incredibly simple, so simple that even the less experienced cook will be able to get a stunning result! And today I'm here to give you all the tips for making almond chicken.

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Identity Card of the Recipe

• 212 KCal Calories per serving

• Ingrediants

  • 350 g of chicken breast
  • 50 g of almonds
  • 1 piece of ginger
  • 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
  • 20 g of cornstarch
  • About 100 ml of vegetable broth or water
  • A few drops of almond flavor
  • 1 teaspoon of honey

  Materials Needed

  • Chopping board
  • Knife
  • Pan with lid or wok
  • Grater

  Preparation

  1. Cut the chicken breast into cubes or into strips.
  2. Peel the ginger and grate a piece.
  3. Heat a couple of tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and flavor with grated ginger.
  4. Flour the chicken strips in corn starch (or rice starch) and brown them over a high flame for a couple of minutes, turning them often with the spatula.

  Did you know that
  The ideal would be to cook the chicken with almonds in the wok, the typical oriental pan in which spring rolls are also cooked. The wok can however be replaced with a non-stick or stone pan.

  5. Deglaze with water or vegetable broth, add the soy sauce, lower the heat and continue cooking for another 10 minutes.
  6. Meanwhile, toast the sliced ​​almonds in a pan, without adding oil or butter, taking care not to burn them. To put aside.
  7. A few minutes before turning off the heat, add the honey and the sliced ​​almonds. Turn off the heat and flavor the chicken with a few drops of almond essence.
  8. Serve the steaming chicken with almonds, perhaps accompanying with basmati rice.

  Alice's comment - PersonalCooker

  Serve the chicken with almonds hot and, to maintain a typically oriental atmosphere, serve it with chopsticks! You will feel like you are sitting in a Chinese restaurant!

  Nutritional values ​​and Health Comment on the recipe

  Chicken with Almonds is a second course based on meat, quite energetic. Calories are provided in equal measure by the three energy nutrients and the fraction of unsaturated fatty acids (the good ones) is more than abundant. Fibers are present in medium quantities and cholesterol is low. This recipe can be inserted in the diet of the subject suffering from metabolic diseases but does not lend itself to that for overweight.
  The average portion of Chicken with Almonds is about 150-200g (320-425kcal).