Persian Tahchin (Tahdig stuffed with chicken)

• timp total: 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingrediente

You’ll need:

3 big onions (julienned + sautéed)

5 chicken thighs (paprika, turmeric, cayenne, onion/garlic powder, chicken bouillon, salt, pepper)

2 big pinches saffron (steeped in water)

Juice of 1 lemon

6 egg yolks

3 cups yogurt

1 more tsp chicken bouillon + salt

5 cups basmati rice (parboiled for 5 minutes in boiling water)

1 cup barberries (cooked in butter + 2 tbsp rose water or sugar)

Butter for pan

Garnish: more barberries, pistachios, yogurt, torshi

Instrucțiuni

Cook onions until golden, add chicken + spices, sear, finish with saffron water + lemon. Set aside.

Mix eggs, yogurt, saffron water, bouillon, salt. Add rice, mix well.

Butter baking dish, layer half rice → chicken (cut or shredded) → barberries → rest of rice. Dot with butter.

Bake at 400°F ~75 min until crispy. (Glass dish = best way to check tahdig!)

Flip, garnish with pistachios + barberries. Serve with yogurt + torshi.

Nooshejan ❤️