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[glishara]

OMG YUM.

Okay, the Pomegranate-Walnut Chicken? An INTENSE success.

I made a few changes to the recipe. First off, I cut the chicken breasts in half width-wise, because doing that always makes me feel like I have more food. I browned for slightly less time because of that.

I didn't grind the walnuts as finely as they say, and it gave the sauce an almost chutney-ish feel: I could cheerfully have eaten it with a fork. Cooking for only two people and two kids who weren't going to go for this meal, I halved all the sauce proportions, which meant it thickened more quickly than the recipe said (more surface area). I also left out the tomato paste, cause, um, I ran out of tomato paste. There was a lot of sauce left over.

I made it with saffron rice and a salad for the vegetable.

It was really, really good. Almost sweet, but balanced by the nuts to give it a nice earthiness. It really, really, REALLY didn't taste like a dish with only 300 calories per serving: I think the entire meal had well under 600 calories, even with a lot of salad and a decent-sized rice serving.

Definite thumbs-up!

Comments

[bethos.livejournal.com]

I am totally excited by the idea of this food and SOMEDAY I WILL COOK IT.

[tuval.livejournal.com]

I comment to put in my affirmation of the yum. I think I was not as excited but definitely enjoyed it. And I will add that I am the kind of eater who hears "Pomegranate-Walnut Chicken" and thinks "Oh *%!%, weird vegan health food that's going to be way too weird and sweet!" I am, however, willing to try things my lovely wife thinks would be good are, at least a significant part of the time. The sweetness was pleasant, not overpowering.

So. Yum.

[glishara.livejournal.com]

You hear pomegranate-walnut CHICKEN and think "vegan"? ;-)

[tuval.livejournal.com]

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Vegan-influenced? New Age? Hippie?

I submit in my defense that it was my unthinking gut reaction. And, er, I apparently didn't think through the realism of my post very well. (Clearly, listening to Al Franken audiobooks about right wing smear tactics influenced my, uh, self-fact checking.)