Mashhad-style chicken with pickled garlic and rice

Name: Mashhad-style chicken with pickled garlic and rice
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1000 g chicken, cut into pieces; 330 g onion, thinly sliced; 1 small cup oil; 60 g pickled garlic (sir torshi); 1 g saffron, brewed; to taste salt; to taste black pepper; 360 g Iranian rice

Recipe by آموزشِ آشپزی | شیفود (@_shi.food_) on Instagram · View original post

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A Mashhad-style chicken cooked over a generous layer of sliced onions with plenty of pickled garlic and saffron, in oil and without a drop of water, then served with Iranian rice.

Health score 4.1/10
90 min
Serves 4
Easy
1399 kcal

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Ingredients

chicken, cut into piecesa whole chicken, jointed1000 g
onion, thinly sliceda generous layer to cover the bottom of the pot330 g
pickled garlic (sir torshi)the key ingredient; the author left the skins on so they do not mash and added a little of the pickling brine60 g
Iranian ricecooked separately, to serve360 g

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oilpoured over the chicken; no water is used1 small cup
saffron, brewedadded in the last half hour of cooking1 g
saltseasoned over the chickento taste
black pepperseasoned over the chickento taste

Method

Slice a generous amount of onions into thin slices and spread them over the bottom of the pot.
Place the chicken pieces on top of the onions.
Season the chicken with salt and black pepper.
Add the pickled garlic, the key ingredient, among the chicken pieces; leave the garlic whole with its skin so it does not mash, and add a little of the pickling brine if you like.
Pour one small cup of oil over the chicken.
Cover the pot and cook on a low heat for 1 hour; do not add any water, the chicken cooks in the oil.
In the last half hour, add the brewed saffron.
Cook for another 30 minutes with the saffron, until the chicken is soft and cottony and the garlic and onions are caramelised beside it.
Serve the chicken with its garlic and onions alongside Iranian rice.

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Nutrition and health score per serving Estimated

4.1of 10

Moderate

Nutrients+1.34
Protein +0.95Plants +0.39Low: Fiber
Sugar−0.75
Glycemic load −0.75
Fat, salt & calories−1.45
Large portion −0.5Sodium −0.47Saturated fat −0.32Energy density −0.16