Iranian Chicken With Rice (morgh Polou)

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 lbs broiler-fryer chickens, cut up
• salt & pepper
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup ghee
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup dried apricot, chopped
• 1/2 cup raisins, sultanas
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon saffron thread
• 2 tablespoons water
• 4 cups cooked rice

Recipe

• 1 season the chicken pieces with salt & pepper.
• 2 using half the ghee/butter brown the chicken, set aside.
• 3 fry the onion until transparent in the remaining butter/ghee, add apricots & raisins cook 5 miniutes.
• 4 stir in the cinnamon then add the 1/4 cup water to lift the browned sediment.
• 5 place half the cooked rice in an oven proof dish placing the chicken on top.
• 6 spread the apricot mixture over the chicken and top with remaining rice.
• 7 cover the dish tightly and bake in 350 oven for 45 minutes or until the chicken is cooked & tender.
• 8 while the chicken is cooking mix the saffron with 2 tbsp boiling water, leave to steep.
• 9 just before serving sprinkle saffron liquid over the top of the casserole , stir gently mixing the chicken, rice & saffron.
• 10 serve heaped on a platter.