"Satsivi"-chicken in a walnut sauce/Сациви из курицы по-грузински/Georgian dish.

For Sauce:

500g of walnuts
1 onion
1 egg
2 tbs of flour
some cooking oil

Also you will need following spices:

2 teaspoons of "Khmeli Suneli" (Georgian 5 spice)
2 teaspoons of ground coriander
2 teaspoons of salt and freshly ground white pepper
1 teaspoon of chili powder
Couple shakes of ground cloves
Couple shakes of freshly ground nutmeg
4 cloves of garlic


You will also need to boil 1 whole chicken (without skin) and reserve 3 cups of chicken stock.

Grind walnuts using meat grinder. When walnuts pushed through the meat grinder they will release walnut oil which is necessary for creating creamy and delirious sauce.
Your results will not be the same if you simply chop walnuts.

Add all your spices to the ground walnuts. Using garlic press, press 4 cloves of garlic. Mix well. Set aside.

Start preparing base for your sauce.
In a large pan, sauté 1 chopped onion until golden brown.
I am using walnut oil, but you can use any cooking oil. Tip: I will not recommend using olive oil, its taste is too strong and might conflict with some spices we used in this dish. Add 2 tablespoons of flour, sauté with onion. Then add 1/2 cup of chicken stock, then add more if needed to create smooth creamy base.

Add walnuts. Mix well, you will notice that your walnuts will turn white.

Add 1 cup at a time of hot chicken stock to your sauce to reach a desired consistency. This sauce cannot be too thick and not too thin, like soup. Although in Georgia, some cooks like it better on a thinner side.

Optional: add 1 raw egg directly into the hot sauce (and at this point you should reduce the heat) Mix it in very fast, so your egg does not scramble.

You need to cut your chicken into bite size pieces. And I prefer to take all the meat of the bone.
Add all the chicken to the sauce, just mix to combine and take it off the heat.
Serve in a nice bowl chilled with bread like lavash or pita.
I hope you liked this video.
I learned how to make this dish from my family’s friend Valeria when we visited her in Sukhumi, Abkhazia which was part of Georgia.
This video is for her memory.

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Khmeli Suneli :https://www.amazon.com/Hmeli-Suneli-S...