Real fesenjam (pomegranate-walnut chicken)

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Easy

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Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

4 Chicken breasts;boneless -pepper to taste
-up to 6 -salt to taste, opt
1 Onion;medium 1 c Chicken stock
-finely diced 1/4 c Pomegranate molasses*
1 ds Oil 1/3 c Walnuts;finely ground
1 Lemon juice -up to 3/4 cup
-2 T. or so)

Saute the onion in the oil till transparent, then brown the chicken
breasts. Add lemon juice, pepper, (salt) and chicken stock. Simmer
15 minutes. Add pomegranate molasses and walnuts. Simmer another 45
minutes. Serve with or over rice.

*Pomegranate molasses is available at any Middle Eastern food store.
If you have difficulty finding it, you can substitute pomegranate
juice or grenadine syrup.

There is one Persian recipe I can remember off the top of my head. I
modified this recipe to reduce the fat content and use boneless
chicken breast instead of a whole duck or cut up chicken.

From: SHARON BOUCHARD