Almond Chicken With Savory Plum Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Marinade chicken pieces in garlic,ginger,soy and cornstarch for 15 to 20 minute.
• Mix sauce ingredients together in small bowl, set aside.
• Heat wok with 1 tablespoons oil and stir fry almonds until lightly browned; set aside.
• Heat wok with 1 tablespoons oil; add water chestnuts and snow peas and stir fry for 30 seconds, remove and set aside.
• Heat wok with 2 tbsp oil and stir fry chicken pieces until they turn white and firm ( about 2 minutes).
• Add cooked vegetables and almonds to cooked chicken in wok; mix and add sauce mixture.
• Stir together until sauce thickens slightly.
• Serve with rice or noodles.

Steps:

• Preheat oven 375 deg.
• Combine first four ingredients in plastic bag. Add chicken strips and marinate for 15 minutes.
• Place almonds and parsley on waxed paper. Dip chicken strips into mixture to coat. Place chicken strips on a sprayed jelly roll pan and bake at 375 deg. for 16-20 minutes.
• Plum sauce:.
• Cut in half, remove seed and chop. Puree plums in a blender
• Place puree into a sauce pan and add soy, cornstarch, sugar, ginger and garlic. Bring to a simmer and let simmer until thick about 10-15 minutes.
• Or you may place in a 1 quart glass container, combine all ingredients and microwave on high uncovered for 8 minutes. Stirring every 3 minutes or until thick and clear.
• Serve chicken strips with lettuce, sugar snap peas and sauce.

Steps:

• Pat chicken dry with paper towels.
• Cut into strips 1/2" wide by 3" long.
• Stir soy sauce, rice wine, chicken stock, sugar, cornstarch, ginger, and garlic together.
• Place chicken in marinade, turning to coat.
• Marinate at least one hour, turning chicken after half an hour.
• Remove chicken from marinade and drain on paper towels.
• Beat egg slightly with 1/2 teaspoon water.
• One by one, dip chicken pieces in egg and roll in almonds to coat.
• Let almond coated pieces set 15 minutes.
• Heat oil to 350°F Fry chicken pieces in batches one layer deep until crisp, golden brown.
• Be sure to let oil come back up to 350°F between batches.
• Drain on paper towels and serve at once.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 deg. Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with non-stick spray or grease it with butter.
• Chop the almonds in a food processor and place in a shallow dish. Add the grated coconut, curry powder and salt. Set aside.
• Prepare the chicken by rinsing it under cool water. Remove any fat deposits and pat dry with a paper towel. Lay on a paper towel while you melt the butter.
• Place the melted butter in a small bowl or melt the butter in the bowl in a microwave.
• Dip each piece of chicken in the melted butter, then in the almond coconut mixture. Place the coated chicken in the baking dish in a single layer. drizzle any leftover butter over the chicken and sprinkle with remainder of the coconut almond mixture.
• Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour until the chicken is thoroughly cooked through.

Steps:

• Spray bottom of pan heavily with non-stick cooking spray. For best results the pan should be big enough that the breasts don't touch.
• Cover bottom of dish with additional bread crumbs to coat thinly.
• Combine bread crumbs, almonds and salt and pepper in a flat dish (i.e. pie plate).
• Place flour and eggs (beaten) in two separate flat dishes.
• Dip each chicken breast in flour, then egg, then dip into almond mixture. (Be sure its coated heavily and evenly at each step).
• Place into prepared pan.
• Sprinkle with any remaining almond mixture.
• Spray over top of chicken heavily with cooking spray.
• Bake at 400 for 12 minutes, turning chicken over, and baking additional 10 minutes (until internal temp is 165).
• Serve with sweet & sour sauce.
• Note: if freezing, follow all steps except spraying top of dish with cooking spray. Wait until thawed, then spray and bake.