Persian Style Chicken and Rice
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 bbq rotisserie-cooked chicken
- 2 cups basmati rice
- 7 -8 saffron strands
- 1⁄2 cup slivered almonds
- 1⁄2 cup dried barberries or 1/2 cup cranberries
- 5 spring onions
- 1⁄4 cup fresh coriander (or more)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon sumac
directions
- Place the basmati in a rice cooker with 2-3 cups of water (according to your rice cooker's instructions) along with pinch of salt and the saffron.
- Turn the rice cooker on and while that is cooking, prepare the rest.
- Strip the bbq chicken of it's skin, wings and stuffing (I usually eat this as I cook the meal ha ha).
- Chop up the roast chicken meat roughly and set aside.
- Dry roast the almonds in a large frypan until they're a light golden brown, then set aside.
- Fry the berries in appx 1/2 tbpsn of the butter for about five minutes, then set aside.
- Put another 1/2 tbspn of the butter in the pan and fry the chopped spring onions gently til they go soft.
- Add the cooked rice and the rest of the butter, stir fry for about five minutes.
- Add the chicken, almonds, berries and sumac and stir through.
- Add the fresh coriander, cook for another minute, then serve.
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