SAEDNEWS: A straightforward, slightly different method for preparing zereshk polo with chicken pieces, complete with ingredients, step-by-step cooking instructions, tips, temperament and health notes.
Zereshk polo with chicken is among the popular dishes, but this time we want to make zereshk polo with chicken using a different and easy method that we recommend you try.
Zereshk polo with chicken pieces - zereshk polo ba morgh - Mrs. Head Chef - mschef
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Calories: 239 calories
Chicken breast Half a whole breast
Zereshk (barberry) Half a cup
Medium onion: 1 piece
Saffron: As needed
Salt and black pepper: As needed
Rice: 2 cups
Oil: As needed
Sauté the chopped onion with oil until it becomes light, then cut the chicken breast into medium cubes and add it to the onion and put the lid on the pot so the chicken releases some of its own juices and cooks through on low heat with its own water; meanwhile add salt and pepper.
When the chickens are cooked, add the saffron and let the chickens sauté a little and fry a bit.
Finally add the zereshk and sauté it and then turn off the heat.Cook the rice either as kateh or by draining (cheh/keshk) and serve it alongside the chicken and zereshk.
The amount of saffron in this dish should be plentiful so the food becomes tastier and more brightly colored.
The amount of zereshk in this dish is entirely a matter of taste; you can add more or less.
You don't need various spices and seasonings for this dish; the best flavoring for this dish is saffron.
Zereshk-polo with chicken has a cold temperament.
The combination of chicken with zereshk and rice — all three having cold temperament — can make the dish harder for the body to digest. So it is better to make saffron the condiment for this dish so that besides making it tastier it shifts its temperament a bit toward warmth.
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