Chicken with Walnut Sauce

Name: Chicken with Walnut Sauce (Sacivi)
Cuisine: Georgian
Ingredients: 4 chicken breast fillets, total weight 500 g/1¼ lb; 500 ml/17 fl oz/generous 2 cups water; 5 ml/1 tsp salt; 45 ml/3 tbsp rapeseed (canola) oil; 2 onions, chopped; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 100 g/3¾ oz/1 cup walnut halves, plus 5-6 halves, to garnish; 5 ml/1 tsp ground coriander; pinch of cayenne pepper; 45 ml/3 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander (cilantro), to garnish; 45 ml/3 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander (cilantro), to garnish

Sacivi

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes from My Russian Grandmother's Kitchen

By Elena Makhonko

Published 2015

About

Sacivi is a Georgian dish, with a lovely sauce of walnuts, which are often picked locally. You need to make this a day in advance to give the chicken time to chill.

Ingredients

4 chicken breast fillets, total weight 500 g/1¼ lb
500 ml

Asia
Georgia
Main course
Gluten-free
Low carb
Low sugar
High protein
Keto
Low calorie

Method

Put the chicken in a medium pan and pour over enough cold water to cover. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes, skimming the surface if necessary. Add the salt, cover and cook for a further 15 minutes.
Heat the oil in a

Energy 285kcal/1187kJ; Protein 23.7g; Carbohydrate 7.4g, of which sugars 5.3g; Fat 18.1g, of which saturates 1.8g; Cholesterol 58mg; Calcium 58mg; Fibre 2.2g; Sodium 384mg.