Chicken Almonds

Chicken Almonds is a famous Pakistani – Chinese dish. People refer to it as “Chicken Aallmonds” by pronouncing “L” in Almonds. Try this, it is one of my favorite dishes …..

Ingredients:

• 1 chicken breast (skinless, boneless, cubed)
• 1 chicken thigh fillet (skinless, boneless, cubed)
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1 heapful tbspn of corn flour (mixed with some water)
• ½ onion cubed
• 1 carrot cubed
• 1 spring onion (stems only, sliced)
• 1 cup boiled peas
• Some salt
• ½ tspn cracked black pepper
• 4 tbspns olive oil
• 1 clove of garlic (crushed)
• 1 cup blanched, salted and roasted almonds

Procedure:

-Heat oil and fry garlic. Add chicken cubes and stir fry until they are golden brown. Now add the vegetables except spring onion stems and stir fry for 2 minutes. Add the chicken stock.

-Let it boil for 5 minutes. Now add corn flour water and mix well. Keep cooking for 5 minutes on high flame and add spring onion stems.

-Add half of the blanched almonds and dish it out.

-Garnish the gravy with rest of the almonds and serve hot with boiled rice.