Dish · georgian
Shkmeruli
Shkmeruli is chicken pieces fried, then simmered in a sauce of heavy cream, butter, and a heavy amount of garlic until the sauce thickens around the meat.
Where it comes from
It's named for the Georgian village of Shkmeri, and its garlic-heavy cream sauce reflects Georgian cooking's comfort with dairy fat alongside the country's stronger wine and vegetable traditions.
What cooks argue about
The real argument is garlic quantity: recipes range widely on how much to use, and cooks disagree over whether the garlic should cook down into the cream or stay assertive and raw-tasting at the end.
Versions
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What goes in it
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chicken thigh bone in
garlic
heavy cream
butter
black pepper