Chicken
with Pilaf
Pilaf
is a popular central asian dish for wedding and celebrations.
Chicken
with Pilaf Recipe Ingredients:
-
1
oven ready Chicken
- 3-4
pinches of cinnamon
- 1/2
pound of sweet chestnuts
- 1
chopped medium onion
- 4
tablespoons of butter
- 3/4
pound of mirabelle plums
- 3
tablespoons of shelled almonds
- 3
cloves of garlic, crushed
- 3/4
cup of pomegranate juice
- 3/4
pound of rice
- 1/2
teaspoon of saffron
- watercress
leaves
- mint
leaves
-
salt
& pepper
Chicken
with Pilaf Recipe Instructions:
Clean
the chicken and then rub the cavity with a mixture of
the cinnamon, salt and pepper.
Partially
slice the Chestnuts with an X and then roast in the
oven (350F) until the shells open up, then peel (carefully,
they're still hot!).
Chop
and saute the chestnuts in butter with the chopped onion.
Remove
the pits from the plums and add them to the chestnuts
and onion.
Chop
the almonds and mix with the garlic, then add to the
chestnuts and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring well
as it cooks.
Stuff
the chestnut misture in to the chicken and roast for
about 1 hour on 375F. Baste regularly with the Pomegranate
juice while it cooks.
Prepare
and cook Rice seperatly with Saffron.
Serve
the chicken on a bed of rice with mint and watercress
leaves as garnish.
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