Spicy Almond Chicken

4.30 (8)
⏱ 55 mins 🍽 ['8', '8 servings'] 🌶 american 🏷 Main course

This American dinner dish features chicken pieces baked in a distinctive sweet and savoury sauce. The sauce combines red currant jelly, yellow mustard, slivered almonds, brown sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon for an intriguing flavour profile. The chicken is first browned in a skillet before being coated in the sauce and finished in the oven. The recipe serves eight people and takes approximately 55 minutes to prepare and cook from start to finish.

Spicy Almond Chicken

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 (3 pound) chicken, cut into pieces
  • 1 (14 ounce) jar red currant jelly
  • 0.5 cup yellow mustard
  • 0.5 cup blanched slivered almonds
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Method

  1. Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a large skillet. Add the chicken pieces and cook for about 10 minutes until browned on all sides. Transfer the chicken to a 9x13 inch baking dish.
  2. Set your oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) to preheat.
  3. In the same skillet, combine the red currant jelly, yellow mustard, blanched slivered almonds, brown sugar, lemon juice and ground cinnamon. Cook this mixture, stirring continuously, until the jelly has fully melted. Pour the finished sauce over the chicken in the dish.
  4. Cover the baking dish and place it in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. After this time, uncover the dish and continue baking for an additional 10 minutes, or until the chicken is thoroughly cooked and no longer pink inside.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories443 kcal
Fat17 g
Sugars35 g
Protein31 g
Sodium297 mg

Recipe details

CategoryMain course
Cuisineamerican
AuthorMichelle