Chicken Almendrado

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped, 1 medium
• 2 tablespoons margarine or 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1/4 cup slivered almonds
• 1 tablespoon ground red chile
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 boneless chicken breast halves
• slivered almonds

Recipe

• 1 chicken breasts halves should be boneless.
• 2 cook and stir onion in margarine and oil in a 10-inch skillet, until tender.
• 3 stir in chicken broth, 1/4 cup almonds, ground red chilies, vinegar, sugar and cinnamon.
• 4 heat to boiling; reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
• 5 spoon mixture into a blender, cover and blend on low speed until smooth, about 1 minute.
• 6 return sauce to skillet.
• 7 dip chicken breasts into the sauce to coat both sides.
• 8 place skin sides up in a single layer in the skillet.
• 9 heat to boiling; reduce heat; cover and simmer until done, about 45 minutes.
• 10 serve sauce over chicken.
• 11 sprinkle with the remaining slivered almonds.