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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Cuban

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Combine the orange juice, lime juice, salt and pepper in a container (or zip lock bag) capable of marinating. Add the birds, distribute the marinade and refrigerate for 2 hours. | 2. In a large dutch oven, melt the lard or oil over medium heat. | 3. Remove the birds from the marinade and dry them. Discard the marinade. Brown each of the birds in the dutch oven and then set them aside. | 4. Fry the bread slices in the dutch oven until browned on both sides and set them aside on paper towels. Using a mortar and pestle or food processor, mash the bread and the almonds into a paste and set aside. | 5. Saute the onions until translucent, about 3 minutes. Return the birds to the dutch oven. Add the garlic and cook 2 minutes more.Stir in the tomato sauce, broth and wine. Cover the pan, reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 2 hours, until the birds are tender. | 6. Transfer the cooked birds to a serving dish and cover with foil to keep warm. | 7. Stir the bread mixture into the pan juices and cook over low heat. When the sauce has thickened, spoon it over and around the birds. | 8. Serve and enjoy. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
lime juice	1/4	cup		15.125	5.0941	0.2541	0.0424
orange juice	1/4	cup		27.9	6.4479999999999995	0.434	0.124
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1	teaspoon	ground	5.773	1.4708	0.239	0.075
cornish hen	8			-	-	-	-
canola oil	1/2	cup		963.56	0.0	0.0	109.0
cuban bread french	8	slices		-	-	-	-
almond	40		blanched peeled	77084.8	0.0	0.0	8720.0
onion	8		peeled chopped	512.0	119.552	14.08	1.28
garlic clove	3		peeled minced	-	-	-	-
tomato sauce	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
chicken broth	2	cups		156.24	3.78	22.2768	5.2416
red wine	1	cup		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.