Chicken Afrique Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cut-up chicken
• 2 teaspoons salt
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• ¼ cup olive oil
• ½ cup chopped shallots
• ¾ cup finely chopped blanched almonds
• 12 pitted prunes
• ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg
• ½ cup water
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley

How to make Chicken Afrique

1. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.
2. In large frypan over medium high heat, place olive oil.
3. Add chicken and cook about 5 minutes or until brown on all sides.
4. Remove chicken to 2 ½ quart baking dish.
5. To frypan, add shallots and saute about 10 minutes; add to chicken.
6. Add almonds, prunes, nutmeg and water; cover with foil perforated with fork in several places.
7. Bake in 350*F oven about 1 hour or until chicken is fork tender.
8. Remove to serving platter and sprinkle with parsley

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