Satsivi on the classic Georgian recipe is a delicious dish with a lot of walnuts and spices.

Ingredients

Domestic chicken – 1 kg

Walnuts – 600 g

Onion – 3-4 pcs.

Garlic – 1 head

Cilantro – 2-3 sprigs

Wine vinegar – 2 tbsp.

Olive oil – 2 tbsp.

Salt – to taste

Spices (ucco suneli, dry coriander, red pepper, saffron, cinnamon) – to taste

  • 318 kcal
  • 1 hour

Cooking process

Satsivi is a sauce based on walnuts and a lot of spices. The dish, cooked on the basis of this sauce and homemade chicken, is also called satsivi. Preparing this dish is very simple, but the result is stunning. I remember how I first got acquainted with the history and the very recipe of this dish – it was not impressive, I could not imagine this taste and left it for a long time. But still came back, and not in vain. The dish is great, the taste is stunning. Satsivi treated relatives – everyone liked it without exception. Therefore, I want to tell those who want and are afraid – do it! Risk – a noble cause!

Photo of a classic chicken sazivi in ​​Georgian style

Prepare the necessary ingredients for the classic satsivi from chicken in Georgian.

Ingredients for classic chicken sauci in Georgian

The house hen should be thoroughly washed both outside and inside.

Wash the chicken

Put it whole in a deep saucepan and add water. Add peeled onions, garlic cloves and cilantro sprigs.

Put chicken, herbs and garlic in water

Put the pan on the fire. At the moment of boiling, reduce the heat to a minimum and remove the generated noise. Continue cooking chicken until ready. The older the chicken, the more time it takes to cook.

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Cook broth

At the end of cooking, the chicken must be removed and the broth drained.

Take the chicken from the broth

Peeled walnuts twice grind with a meat grinder with a small sieve.

Shred nuts

Finely chop the onion and saute it on a well-heated frying pan with butter.

To fry an onion

Then grind the onions with a meat grinder. Add to the nuts and mix.

Torsion the onion in a meat grinder

Put this mass in a cauldron or a thick-walled saucepan. Pour the chicken broth. It must be added in small parts, constantly mixing. Satsivi with walnuts for consistency should be a bit liquefied than sour cream.

Combine chicken broth with nuts and onions

Boil the sauce for 10 minutes with a slight boil. When the sauce has the right consistency, sprinkle salt and spices. Stir until homogeneous and pour the wine vinegar.

Add spices

Remove the chicken meat from the bones and spread it over the plates.

Put meat on the plate

Spread the sauce satsivi, and top, if desired, pour with walnut oil, lay the sprigs of cilantro.

Put the sauce on the meat

Delicious classic satsivi from chicken in Georgian can be served on the table. Bon Appetit. Cook with love!

Recipe for classic chicken sazivi in ​​Georgian