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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (152g)

Recipe makes 10 servings

Calories 190
Calories from Fat 110 (58%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 12.3g 18%
Saturated Fat 1.3g 6%
Monounsaturated Fat 1.8g
Polyunsaturated Fat 8.5g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 27mg 9%
Sodium 432mg 18%
Potassium 222mg 6%
Total Carbohydrate 7.2g 2%
Dietary Fiber 1.6g 6%
Sugars 1.1g
Protein 14.3g 28%

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Shredded Chicken and Walnut Sauce

Recipe #206466 | 1¼ hours | 45 min prep | add private note
WI Cheesehead

By: WI Cheesehead
Jan 20, 2007

This is from a Penzey's cooking magazine. I think I'll be trying it very soon!

SERVES 10 -12 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1
    In a large pan, simmer the chicken with water and 1/2 tsp salt until cooked, 20-50 minutes, depending on whether it is bone in or not.
  2. 2
    Strain through cheesecloth or a fine strainer and set chicken aside to cool.
  3. 3
    Boil the water stock down until you have 1 1/2 cups.
  4. 4
    Remove the cooled chicken from the bones while the stock is reducing and chop into 1-inch pieces.
  5. 5
    In a food processor or blender, blend the walnuts, onions and cooled, reduced stock.
  6. 6
    Break the bread into chunks and add to the blender, along with 1/2 tsp paprika, 1 tsp salt and the pepper.
  7. 7
    Blend to a smooth paste.
  8. 8
    Put the chicken pieces in a bowl, pour the walnut paste over, and toss gently to combine.
  9. 9
    Garnish with the remaining paprika and sliced black olives.
  10. 10
    Particularly nice served with fresh fruit.

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From: Sydney Mike

On Feb 5, 2008

Makes for a very tasty chicken dish! I used chicken breasts & winter wheat bread then followed the directions! It was great served over brown rice & with a fresh fruit salad! And by the way, it even does well as a chicken/rice/fruit tortilla wrap! Many thanks for this great recipe! [Made for Please Review My Recipe Cooking Game]

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    From: puppitypup

    On Jun 27, 2007

    This was very good! I had cut the recipe in half and used leftover cooked chicken from another dish, so I had to use chicken bullion. I ended up using twice as much bullion as I should have, but I'm glad I did. It made a very cream delicious sauce on the chicken. I also omitted the salt since I was using bullion. Went well with with Deluxe Rice Amandine. Thanks WI Cheesehead, this is a keeper!

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  • From: Mareesme

    On Apr 16, 2007

    I made this with no recipe changes (using bread, not pitas) and think it deserves 5 stars because of the delicious flavor being nothing like recipes with cut-up chicken I usually make. My husband gave it a thumbs-up, which means it's 5+. I'm reheating leftovers tonight, so will see if perhaps I might add some spices not in recipe, but it is fine as written.

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    From: little_wing

    On Apr 3, 2007

    Wow. This was a hard one to rate because it wasn't at all what I expected and therefore didn't quite fit into the meal I had planned. I made it with brown rice which I cooked with shallots and rosemary and then some steamed broccoli and cauliflower. The chicken was very rich. The flavor was completely unlike anything I've had before... the sweet, creaminess of the onions and the nuttiness of the walnuts. It was very good, but not as a stand-alone main course. My daughter thought it would make a great stuffing for something. This may have been influenced by the texture of the sauce which was sort of like cornbread batter although not as gross as that sounds! The texture was probably due to the fact that I used some left-over homemade beer bread (made with wheat flour) instead of the white bread so don't let the texture comment bother you. BF thought it would be great as a filling for pita bread. I thought it actually matched really well with the rice pilaf I made, and think the two together would be a great for lettuce wraps. Still mulling the possibilities over...the flavor is really unique and delicious..just not sure how to use it yet. But I definitely want to make again. Thanks for giving me a project, lol!

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