directions
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Heat 1/4 cup of the oil in a wide frying pan over medium heat
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Add onion and pine nuts and cook, stirring, until onion is soft (about 5 minutes)
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Stir in garlic, tomatoes, sugar, currants, vinegar, all- spice, and wine
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Adjust heat so mixture boils gen- tly
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Continue to cook, uncovered, stirring occasion- ally, until sauce is slightly thickened (12 to 15 min- utes) . Meanwhile, rinse chicken and pat dry
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Brush on all sides with remaining 1 tablespoon oil
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Place a ridged cooktop grill pan over medium heat; heat until a drop of water dances on the surface
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Place chicken on hot pan and cook, turning once, until well browned on outside and no longer pink in cen- ter; cut chicken in thickest part to test (about 10 minutes total)
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You can also grill chicken on an outdoor grill using a little garlic, olive oil, butter and lemon juice as a baste. Season tomato sauce to taste with salt and pep- per
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Add hot pasta and gently toss
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Transfer to a warm deep platter
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Cut chicken into 1/2-inch-wide strips and arrange around edge of pasta
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Garnish with parsley
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Serves 4.
Sweet-Sour Chicken Sauce
ingredients
- 5 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium-size onion, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts or slivered almonds
- 2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
- 6 Roma tomatoes, chopped
- 1 tablespoon each firmly packed brown sugar
- and dried currants
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 3/4 cup dry red wine
- 2 whole chicken breasts (about 1 pound each),
- skinned, boned, and split
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- chopped parsley