Iranian/Persian Chicken Recipes

"Chicken thighs have been the real bread and butter of my diet since my second year of college, when I started having to cover my own grocery bills :) This has become my all-time favorite way to spice them. If I need a side dish, I usually chop up an onion, sautee it for 30 seconds in the pan, and toss the onion and a handful of cherry tomatoes on..."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, ground turmeric...

"Fesenjan, also known as khoresht-e fesenjan, is typically made for special occasions in Iran. It is traditionally made with duck or pheasant in the north of the country along the Caspian sea. It is a thick, rich, sweet-sour dish that improves in flavor the next day. Pomegranate syrup, sometimes called pomegranate molasses, is available in most Middle..."

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Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, kosher salt...

"I had this marvelous dish in a Mediterranean Cafe. The fragrance is wonderful and the taste sublime. There has been quite a bit of discussion on this recipe. I would like to clarify that I have had this dish only twice at one restaurant and that I have never actually made the dish. I enjoyed it so much I searched and found this recipe online, it is..."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, pepper, poultry...

"I used sour cream in this recipe instead of the plain yogurt that is found in many dishes from western Asia and the middle east."

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Ingredients: cornstarch, curry powder...

"I got this recipe from my upstairs neighbor who is Persian and always has the most wonderful smells coming out of her house."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, margarine, oil...

"This is a 16th century recipe. A friend researched it (I'm hoping she'll stop by here and add some information in the comments on how she found/changed it) because we were reading Dorothy Dunnett's Niccolo Rising novels (set in that time period) and we were curious about what the characters were eating. So we ate this along with #124576, and it was..."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, pomegranate juice...

"Tah Cheen, means "arranged at the bottom of the pot" in Persian."

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Ingredients: cooking oil, egg yolks, onions...

"this is a traditional persian dish according to cooking light. my family loved this!"

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Ingredients: cinnamon, garlic, cooked rice...

"A golden-coloured casserole with a mellow spiced flavour. An easy supper dish to serve with Basmati rice. Adapted from Slow Cooker book by Sara Lewis."

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Ingredients: cloves, pepper, fresh ginger...

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Ingredients: couscous, garlic, olive oil...

"I've made this recipe using chicken thighs and legs and it comes out great. Not sure where I got it but now it resides in my recipe box as a featured part of my list of dishes I make for company. Makes a great cold dish for picnics after being cooked at an earlier time."

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Ingredients: olive oil, onions, saffron...