Shirin Polo

Shirin Polo is a traditional Persian dish that has a sweet taste. It is made with chicken, rice, sugar, carrots, nuts, and some other ingredients. You can serve it in dinner parties.

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Persian

Keyword: Shirin Polo, Shirin Polow

Prep Time: 40

Cook Time: 40

Servings: people

Calories: 241kcal

Ingredients

1 entire chicken breast
3 cups of Persian or Basmati rice
2 onions
4 tablespoon orange zest
4 tablespoon sliced almond
4 tablespoon sliced pistachio
4 tablespoon barberries
2 carrots
⅓ cup of rosewater
2 tablespoon vegetable oil
½ cup liquid saffron
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon pepper
Sugar to your taste
Water

Instructions

Start soaking and cooking the rice in Polow style.
Cook the chicken with half of an onion and adequate water (about 5 cups)
Shred the onions
Peel and shred the carrots
Soak the sliced nuts and barberries in the rosewater
Boil the zests and rinse them for 3 or 4 times to extract their bitterness
Shred the chicken after it is cooked
Pour the vegetable oil into a pan and saute the onions.
Add turmeric
Add shredded carrots
Add salt and pepper
Add chickens
After 5 minutes, rinse the soaked nuts and add them.
Add saffron
Add zest
Add three tablespoon sugar
Add the barberries and batter the mixture
Adjust the sugar to your taste
After the rice is softened and you rinsed it mix the sauce with the rice and cook it for 40 minutes on low heat.

Notes

Uniqop’a Advice:

Cover the lid of the pot with a piece of cloth.
Use 30 oz butter instead of vegetable oil.
Do not stop battering the mixture after you add barberries, because they can quickly burn.
You can add saffron and sugar while boiling the zests to help to reduce the bitter taste.

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