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Tunisian Chicken
Ingredients
2 chicken breasts, skinned, boned and cut into chunks
¾ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
¼ teaspoon cumin
4 teaspoons cornstarch
4 teaspoons olive oil
1 egg white, beaten frothy
6 tablespoons butter
1½ cups onion, minced
⅓ cup green olives, chopped
¼ cup parsley, minced
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 garlic cloves, minced
½ teaspoon paprika
⅛ teaspoon sugar
⅛ teaspoon hot red pepper
16 whole olives, green or black
½ cup cashews or peanuts
Details
Serves: 4
Method
Arrange chicken in shallow baking dish and sprinkle with salt, pepper and cumin. Let stand for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with cornstarch and oilve oil. Turn to coat and let stand another 20 minutes.
Add egg white and let stand another 30 minutes. Remove chicken from marinade and saute in butter until cooked. Remove to warm dish. In same pan, saute onion in 2 tablespoons butter until soft.
Add chopped olives, parsley, lemon juice, garlic, paprika, sugar and red pepper. Saute 3 minutes more. Add chicken, olives, nuts and saute 3 more minutes. Serve over rice pilaf.
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