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22 May, 2021

Shirin-Polow, Iranian Sweet Rice and Chicken.

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we're going to prepare a special dish, shirin-polow, iranian sweet rice and chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have shirin-polow, iranian sweet rice and chicken using 16 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Shirin-Polow, Iranian Sweet Rice and Chicken:

{Get 1 kg of chicken breast without skin, boneless.
{Take 1 1/4 cup of sugar.
{Make ready 1/2 cup of almonds, peeled, thinly sliced.
{Make ready 1/2 cup of pistachios, thinly sliced.
{Make ready 1 cup of orange peel, thinly sliced.
{Prepare 2 of onions, thinly sliced.
{Make ready 3 of carrots, cut into thin sticks.
{Prepare 4 tablespoons of butter.
{Get 5 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
{Make ready 1/2 teaspoon of saffron.
{Prepare of salt to taste.
{Get of black pepper to taste.
{Take of Rice.
{Take 500 g of long grain rice, soaked in warm water for 2 hours then drained.
{Get 6 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
{Make ready 1 tablespoon of salt.

Steps to make Shirin-Polow, Iranian Sweet Rice and Chicken:

In a pan, heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and fry the onions in it until tender, then add in the chicken and fry until the chicken starts changing colour on all sides..
Pour a glass of water over the chicken and onion, season with salt and pepper then leave over medium heat for 20 minutes..
Add more water if necessary so that when the chicken is cooked, you should have half a cup of chicken broth remaining. Remove pan from heat and set aside..
Reserve 3 tablespoons of sugar for later use and dissolve the remaining sugar in a cup of water. Place over a medium flame and bring to a boil..
Pour the half cup of chicken broth over the water and sugar. Add in the saffron and 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Stir and set aside..
Place the sliced orange peel in a saucepan, cover with water then bring to a boil. Remove from heat; wash with cold water then drain and set aside..
In a skillet, melt 2 tablespoons of butter, add in the carrots and fry until they are soft..
Place the orange peel back into the saucepan; add in the fried carrots and the reserved 3 tablespoons of sugar, cover with water and cook for a few minutes. Drain and set aside..
To prepare the rice, pour 1 cup of water in a cooking pot and bring to a boil. Add in the rice and salt. Mix and keep on low heat until rice is soft. Then drain in a colander and wash the rice with warm water..
Put 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil in the cooking pot then put half of the rice back into the pot. Place the chicken onion mix on the rice and then cover with another layer of rice..
Spread half of the orange peel and carrot mix and half of the almonds and pistachios over the rice, then make another layer with the remaining rice and pour over it the sugar and chicken broth. Simmer, with the lid on for 30 minutes..
When done, flip the pot over a wide serving platter. The rice should be golden and molded into the shape of the pot..
Garnish with the remaining orange peel and carrot mix, pistachios and almonds. Serve hot..

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