Classic Georgian chicken satsivi

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make classic Georgian chicken satsivi? Prepare your food. Take a small chicken, homemade or soup is best. I bought mine, I made it from half. Instead of vinegar, you can use lemon or pomegranate juice. Spices are important in this dish; they will give it the flavor of Georgia. I took suneli hops and red pepper, they also added cinnamon and saffron.

2. STEP 2

   

   Place the chicken in a saucepan with cold, clean water. Throw in one peeled onion, cloves of garlic and sprigs of cilantro.

3. STEP 3

   

   Place the pan with the chicken over medium heat. Wait until it boils, remove the foam with a slotted spoon. Salt the broth. Cook the chicken until cooked, homemade longer, store-bought less. Mine took an hour. At the end of cooking, remove the chicken from the broth.

4. STEP 4

   

   For the sauce, take the remaining onion and cut it into small cubes.

5. STEP 5

   

   Heat a frying pan with olive oil. Place onions on it. Sauté it over low heat until transparent. Then cool a little.

6. STEP 6

   

   Chop nuts and onions. You can use a meat grinder, or a blender or chopper. I ran them through the food processor. If you use a meat grinder, then pass them twice. The nuts should become mushy.

7. STEP 7

   

   Place the nut mixture in a frying pan or cauldron with a thick bottom.

8. STEP 8

   

   Start pouring the broth into it in parts, stirring constantly. The sauce should have the consistency of liquid sour cream.

9. STEP 9

   

   Bring the sauce to a boil over low heat. Boil it until it becomes thick sour cream. This will take about 10 minutes.

10. STEP 10

    

    Finally, add salt and spices to the sauce. Stir. Pour in vinegar. Turn off the heat. The sauce is ready.

11. STEP 11

    

    Cut the chicken into individual pieces, removing the meat from the bones.

12. STEP 12

    

    Pour the sauce over it, stir and cool completely. Serve satsivi, garnishing with cilantro and pomegranate seeds on top. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Ira Tezina

17.11.2023

4.8

The recipe is wonderful!! Everything is presented simply and clearly. The result is an amazing dish made from ordinary chicken. I love nuts, garlic, onions, it all comes together here. Thank you for the recipe, I will make it again and again) I don’t like cilantro (I made it with parsley), I didn’t add it, unfortunately I couldn’t find a pomegranate, but I added some sourness with apple cider vinegar.

Elechka

17.11.2023

4.9

I prepared the classic Georgian chicken satsivi and our festive table sparkled with new colors! If you, like us, love Caucasian cuisine and spices, then you will definitely like this dish. It's simply amazing! Thank you very much for the recipe!