Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 1/2 lb chicken legs, skinless --
: cut up and defatted
2 TB olive oil
2 md onions -- peel thinly slice
1 ts salt
1/4 ts freshly ground black pepper
1/2 ts ground saffron -- dissolved
: in
2 TB hot water
1/4 ts turmeric
3 c chopped fresh parsley
1/2 c chopped fresh mint
5 TB fresh lime juice
1 lb fresh artichoke hearts

STEP #1 - Heat a non-stick saute pan and lightly brown chicken. Add 1
tablespoon oil and the onion. Fry over medium heat, stirring
occasionally, for 20 minutes or until onion becomes translucent. Add
salt, pepper, saffron water, and turmeric. Pour in 1 1/2 cups water.
Cover and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

STEP #2 - In a non-stick skillet, fry the parsley and mint in 1
tablespoon oil over medium heat for 10 minutes and add to the chicken.

STEP #3 - Add lime juice and the artichoke hearts to the chicken.
Cover and simmer for 40 to 55 minutes over low heat.

STEP #4 - Check to see if the artichoke hearts are tender. Taste the
khoresh and adjust seasoning. Transfer it to a deep casserole. Cover
and place in a warm oven until ready to serve.

STEP #5 - Serve hot from the same dish with steamed basmati; cook it
very slowly with a very tight fitting lid. Add salt to water to help
rice withstand a longer cooking time.

Nush-e jan! (Enjoy this food of life.)

VARIATIONS: For *ab ghureh* substitute 3/4 cup unripe grape juice
for the lime juice. Frozen (2 9-oz pkgs) or bottled artichokes may be
substituted. Drain well. If pre-cooked, adjust cooking time, adding
artichoke hearts when appropriate to step 3. Chicken can be replaced
with 1 pound lean stew meat such as lamb, veal or beef, cut into 1
inch cubes. In step 1, increase water to 2-1/2 cups; and simmer for
55 minutes insteadof 30 minutes.

Copyright (c) 1994 by Najmieh Khalili Batmanglij. Persian Cooking for
a Healthy Kitchen. Washington, D.C: Mage (Pub 800 - 962-0922)
[prepared for McRecipe by patH 09/22/1996 (Sun)]

Recipe By : Persian Cooking by Batmanglij

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