Name: Georgian Chicken With Garlic Sauce (Chkmeruli)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4, 4 servings
Cuisine: Georgian
Ingredients: 4 chicken marylands (whole legs with thighs and drumsticks); 6 chicken wings; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; 250 ml almond milk ((1 cup)); 90 g almonds (or cashew nuts, skinless/blanched (3 oz.)); A handful of fresh coriander leaves (cilantro); 6 cloves of garlic (grated); 1 teaspoon ground coriander seeds; 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder (optional); 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder; 1/2 tsp salt; Juice of 1/2 lemon; Garnish: chopped coriander/cilantro

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Georgian Chicken With Garlic Sauce (Chkmeruli)

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In this aromatic and flavourful dish, pan-fried chicken is slathered with cilantro garlic sauce made with almonds and almond milk. It's a delicious, dairy-free sauce that you will want to put on everything! This chicken in garlic sauce is inspired by the famous Georgian chkmeruli recipe.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

4chicken marylands — whole legs with thighs and drumsticks
6chicken wings
1 tspsalt
½ tspblack pepper

For the garlic sauce

250 mlalmond milk — 1 cup
90 galmonds — or cashew nuts, skinless/blanched
1handful fresh coriander leaves (cilantro)
6cloves of garlic — grated
1 tspground coriander seeds
½ tspturmeric powder — powdered, optional
½ tspcumin powder — ground
½ tspsalt
½lemon — fresh
coriander/cilantro — chopped, optional

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Method

55m total

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mainchickendairy freegluten free

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Nutrition Facts

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Vitamins & minerals

Potassium: 524mg
Calcium: 196mg
Iron: 5mg

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Georgian Chicken With Garlic Sauce (Chkmeruli)

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Ingredients

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