Fesenjam (Pomegranate-Walnut Chicken)

Recipe Ingredients

4		Chicken breasts - boneless
		To 6
1		Onion - medium
		Diced
1		Oil
1		Lemon juice - 2 T. Or so)
		To taste - salt to taste, opt
1 cup	237ml	Chicken stock
1/4 cup	59ml	Pomegranate molasses*
1/3 cup	78ml	Walnuts - finely ground
		To 3/4 cup

Recipe Instructions

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.

Source:
Shady Brook Farms Advertisement -- November 1994

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