IRANIAN BARBERRY RICE WITH CHICKEN

IRANIAN BARBERRY RICE WITH CHICKEN

Zereshk polo morgh is one of the most famous dishes in Persian cuisine. It’s full of wonderful flavors such as saffron, turmeric and barberry.

Many of you have raved about our Persian recipes and have tried so many of them. Some of our popular Persian recipes are Mirza ghasemi, Persian rice and tahdig and of course, ghormeh sabzi. 

INGREDIENTS:

*Step One Making the Saffron Water:

1 teaspoon Saffron 

A pinch of Sugar

5 tablespoons Boiling hot water

*Step Two Making the Chicken:

5-6 pieces Chicken thighs

Water (as you needed)

1 tablespoon Salt

2 tablespoons Butter

1 large Onion (chopped)

2 Garlic (chopped)

2 large Tomatoes (grated)

1 tablespoon Tomato paste

1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder

1/2 teaspoon Coriander powder

1/2 teaspoon Paprika powder

Salt to taste

Water (as needed)

3 tablespoons Saffron water 

*Step Three Making the Rice:

3 cups Basmati Rice (washed and soaked for 1 hour)

4 litres Boiling water

1 tablespoon Salt

1/2 cup Rice water (collect from the pot while cooking the rice)

3 tablespoons Oil

1/4 cup Oil

1 cup Barberries (clean and washed)

3 tablespoons Butter

2 tablespoons Sugar

3 tablespoons Saffron 

IRANIAN BARBERRY RICE WITH CHICKEN

OTHER RECIPE OF IRANIAN BARBERRY CHICKEN

Ingredients

Liquid Saffron:

4-5 threads of saffron finely ground

1-2 ice cubes

Tomato Paste Sauce:

1 tbsp oil

1/2 tsp turmeric

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

3 tbp tomato paste

1 - 1/2 cup water

Chicken:

2 tbsp oil

1/2 tsp butter

5 pieces chicken thighs

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

1 tbsp liquid saffron

Veggies:

1 onion sliced

1 bell pepper cut into chunks

2 carrots sliced

1 tbsp liquid saffron

Barberries:

3 tbsp barberries

1 tbsp water

1 tbsp oil

1 tbsp sugar

2 tsp liquid saffron

To serve:

2 times the recipe of Persian Style Rice on the blog

2 tbsp liquid saffron

full recipe HERE