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Letty's Favorite Recipes
Oven Roasted Stuffed Chicken
with Fresh Herbs and Pomegranate Paste
thanks to: www.1001recipe.com
 Main Ingredients:
Whole Chicken: 1 (cavity cleaned)
Onion: 1 small, grated
Garlic: 2 cloves, grated
Walnut: 2 tbsp, ground
Dried Sour Plums: 5 small
Potatoes: 3 medium
Pomegranate Paste: 3 tbsp
Butter: 1/2 tbsp
Potatoes: 3 medium (optional)
Berberis (optional)
Salt
Pepper
Turmeric
Fresh Herb Mix Ingredients:
Parsley
Cilantro
Spring Onion
Mint
Sage
Tare (or replace with Chive)
Zeleng-o-Anarije (or replace with Rosemary)
Pooneh (or replace with Sage)
Sersem (optional)
Sauce Ingredients:
Onion: 1 large, diced
Oil: 1/2 tbsp
Walnut: 1 cup
Black Plums: 1 cup, large
Tomato Paste: 2 tbsp
Salt
Pepper
Turmeric
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Wash and drain the chicken. Season the inside and outside
with salt, pepper and turmeric.
3. To make the stuffing, blend the grated onion, garlic,
berberis, walnuts, sour plums and pomegranate paste with the
herb mix.
4. Fill the chicken cavity with the stuffing. Optionally you can
close the cavity. One way to do so is to make holes in the extra
skin around the cavity to hold opposite leg-ends.
5. Brush over chicken with some melted butter, spray the
roasting dish with some oil and transfer the stuffed chicken
into it. If you like juicy breasts place the chicken breast
down.
6. Cut potatoes into pieces and put around the chicken. The oil
from the chicken, later on, will make tasty potatoes.
7. Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake in the oven for
60-75 minutes.
8. Meanwhile to prepare the sauce, in a frying pan, saute onion
with some oil and turmeric for a few minutes.
9. Lower the heat, stir in plums and walnuts.
10. Dilute the tomato paste with hot water and add to the
mixture. Stir occasionally until well mixed.
11. Add salt and pepper to taste.
12. Take out the roasting dish from the oven; remove the
aluminum foil and broil for about 15 minutes or until chicken
turns gold.
13. Serve the chicken as whole with the sauce on top and
potatoes on side.
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