Almond Chicken

Ingredients: 25g/1oz of unshelled almonds
1 medium sized chopped onion
25g/1oz of butter
2 level teaspoons of corn flour
150ml/quarter of a pint of milk
350g/12oz of cooked chicken (suggest cooking whole chicken in an oven and stripping it once its cooled)
1/4 of a teaspoon of ground ginger
1/4 of a teaspoon of ground nutmeg
150g / 5oz of natural yoghurt
2 egg yolks
  • Cut the almonds into strips
  • Fry the onions and mushrooms in the butter until browned
  • Add the corn flour and cook for 1 minute
  • blend the milk into the mixture. Continue cooking and stirring until the mixture comes to the boil.
  • Add the chicken pieces, along with the ginger and nutmeg. Boil gently for another 7 minutes. (don’t forget to stir).
  • Beat the egg yolks and add the yoghurt. Beat the mixture together until they are well mixed.
  • Add to the Chicken mixture. Turn the heat down and cook very slowly (without boiling) until the mixture thickens.
  • Season with pepper and a pinch of salt
  • Scatter the almonds over the top.

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