Chicken Strips with Pickled Lemon Sauce

Ingredients

• 500 gram chicken breast fillet - صدور فيليه الدجاج
• 4-5 piece pickled lemon - ليمون معصفر
• 1 1/2 tablespoon olive oil - زيت زيتون
• 3 stalks green onions - بصل أخضر
• 1 handful raisins - زبيب
• 1 handful pine nuts - صنوبر
• 2 box garlic cloves - فصوص ثوم
• 1/2 teaspoon saffron - زعفران
• 1/4 cup water - ماء
• 100 ml cooking cream - كريم الطهي
• 1 teaspoon flour - دقيق
• 1 pinch salt - ملح

Step by step

1. Cut each chicken fillet into 3 strips. Preheat oven to 180C.
2. Place a large pan with olive oil on medium heat. Add minced garlic then chicken strips and stir-fry until chicken is lightly browned.
3. Add hot water, salt, sliced lemons and chopped green onions. Let it mix and cook for 5 minutes.
4. Stir in flour, cooking cream, saffron, half the raisins and half the pine nuts. Place the pan in the oven for another 5 minutes.
5. Toast remaining pine nuts in a small pan over medium heat for two minutes. Sprinkle the remaining raisins and pine nuts just before serving. Serve warm next to rice.