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Chicken Legs Amandine Recipe


This Chicken Legs Amandine Recipe is one of many in our collection of Low Carb Recipes. these are culled from various sources, some my own. whilst some are low carb recipes, there are also some low fat recipes, whilst and diabetic recipes. The one thing they all have in common with this Chicken Legs Amandine Recipe, is that they can all be seen as diet recipes in one form or another.




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Chicken Legs Amandine




Ingredients:

2 tbsp vegetable oil
4 whole chicken legs
1 = (drumsticks and thighs attached)
1 salt, to taste
1 freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
1/4 cup almond slivers
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/4 cup water
3 garlic cloves, pressed
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice

Instructions:

Heat oven to warm setting. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over high
heat. Sprinkle chicken legs with salt and pepper. Brown chicken 3 to 4
minutes on each side. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook 30 minutes, until
chicken is cooked through. Transfer to a platter and place in oven.

Add almonds to skillet; cook 2 to 3 minutes, until golden. Transfer to a
plate with a slotted spoon. Pour off fat from skillet.

Add wine, water and garlic to skillet. Increase heat to high and cook,
stirring occasionally, until mixture is reduced by half. Remove from heat
and stir in almonds, butter, parsley and lemon juice. Spoon sauce over
chicken.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Carbohydrates: 3 grams
Net Carbs: 2 grams
Fiber: 1 grams
Protein: 31.5 grams
Fat: 32 grams
Calories: 452

Description:
"An easy French classic, this recipe also works well with turkey
cutlets or trout fillets (just reduce the cooking time)."

Servings: 4




When chickens quit quarreling over their food they often find that there is enough for all of them. I wonder if it might not be the same with the human race.
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MARQUIS, Donald