Pollo en pepitoria (Chicken with Almond Sauce)

Preparation

Wash the chicken, remove any excess fat then dry. Cut into pieces and season with salt. Heat the Spanish olive oil and brown the pieces of chicken all over. Drain and set aside. In the same oil, fry the onion and garlic, then add the flour and stir with a wooden spoon. Add the wine and mix well. Place the chicken pieces in a pan with the stock, bay leaf, pepper, parsley and the sauce made from the onions with the flour and wine. Cook for approximately one hour. In a mortar or processor, crush the almonds and the cooked egg yolk and add to the pot. Also crush a few saffron threads with sea salt and add to the pot. Cook for a further 5 minutes. Check the seasoning.

Preparation: Escuela Superior de Hostelería y Turismo de Madrid

Spanish recipe: Chicken with almond sauce. Photo by: Toya Legido/©ICEX.

Presentation

Serve the chicken with some sauce poured over it. Chop the white of the boiled egg as well as a little of the yolk and sprinkle over the top.

Nutrition Facts

Energy (kcal): 998
Energy (kJ): 4,176
Protein (g): 63.1
Fat (g): 60,1
Carbohydrates (g): 31.7
Vitamin E(mg): 4.7
Iron (mg): 5.7
Thiamine (mg): 0.5

 

 Information provided by: The Spanish Nutrition Foundation (FEN)

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Time

1,5 hour

  • 1 chicken
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 tbs flour
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 225 ml sherry
  • 500 ml fish stock
  • 200 ml Spanish olive oil
  • Parsley
  • 1 bay leaf
  • Salt and pepper
  • Saffron threads
  • 100 gr roat almonds
  • 1 hard-boiled egg
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1 chicken
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 tbs flour
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 8.044 fl. oz sherry
  • 17.723 fl. oz fish stock
  • 7.164 fl. oz Spanish olive oil
  • Parsley
  • 1 bay leaf
  • Salt and pepper
  • Saffron threads
  • 3.527 oz roat almonds
  • 1 hard-boiled egg
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1 chicken
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 tbs flour
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 0.951 cup sherry
  • 2.113 cup fish stock
  • 0.845 cup Spanish olive oil
  • Parsley
  • 1 bay leaf
  • Salt and pepper
  • Saffron threads
  • 0.49 cup roat almonds
  • 1 hard-boiled egg
  • 1 tsp sea salt
Wine match

Federico Oldenburg/©ICEX

This traditional, often very spicy dish combines very well with the fleshy, fruity flavors of a wine made from Syrah grapes grown in La Mancha.