Chicken With Apricots
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Cut the chicken in 8 pieces. Pour olive oil in a thick-bottomed pan, melt the butter in this. Add onions and garlic and let them fry (not brown) for a couple of minutes. Brown chicken pieces well on all sides (do it in batches). Return all chicken pieces to the pan. Add spices, dissolved honey and wine. Let simmer with the lid on for 30-45 mins, add apricots and almonds and let it simmer 10 minutes more. Add salt/pepper to taste and serve with still hot. My note: I had no coriander but used 1 teaspoon of all-spice instead. For ½ chicken I used 1 teaspoon of all the spices. I added onion/garlic after the chicken had browned and was returned to the pan, to keep them from going brown.
Cut the chicken in 8 pieces. Pour olive oil in a thick-bottomed pan, melt the butter in this. Add onions and garlic and let them fry (not brown) for a couple of minutes. Brown chicken pieces well on all sides (do it in batches). Return all chicken pieces to the pan. Add spices, dissolved honey and wine. Let simmer with the lid on for 30-45 mins, add apricots and almonds and let it simmer 10 minutes more. Add salt/pepper to taste and serve with still hot. My note: I had no coriander but used 1 teaspoon of all-spice instead. For ½ chicken I used 1 teaspoon of all the spices. I added onion/garlic after the chicken had browned and was returned to the pan, to keep them from going brown.
Introduction
Prince Henrik of Denmark (married to our Queen) has this recipe in his latest cookbook. It a very delicious chicken, spicy but not hot. I served it with rice and veg, but I think cous-cous would be great, also.
Prince Henrik of Denmark (married to our Queen) has this recipe in his latest cookbook. It a very delicious chicken, spicy but not hot. I served it with rice and veg, but I think cous-cous would be great, also.
Ingredients
Serves: 4-6
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- 1 large chicken
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 40 grams butter
- 3 onions (chopped)
- 1 clove garlic (crushed)
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon ground caraway
- 1 tablespoon turmeric
- 1 tablespoon ground coriander
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 500 millilitres boiling water
- 250 millilitres white wine
- 250 grams dried apricots (cut in half lengthways)
- 2 tablespoons blanched almonds
- 1 large chicken
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1⅖ ounces butter
- 3 onions (chopped)
- 1 clove garlic (crushed)
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon ground caraway
- 1 tablespoon turmeric
- 1 tablespoon ground coriander
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 18 fluid ounces boiling water
- 9 fluid ounces white wine
- 8⅚ ounces dried apricots (cut in half lengthways)
- 2 tablespoons skinned almonds
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