Fesenjan

Fesenjan is a exotic Persian savory pomegranate curry. We eat it around December when it's easiest for us to get pomegranates. It can be made with any meat, but we typically use chicken. It's very flavorful, and a family favorite.

Ingredients

Directions

Dice onions and brown in a skillet with some oil. Add chicken and pomegranate juice and water and simmer the mixture for at least 30 minutes up to 2 hours.

Lightly toast the pecans or walnuts in a frying pan, then grind in a food processor or blender, add to the chicken and onions that have been simmering, and simmer another 20 minutes occasionally stirring so that the nuts don't stick to the pan. You don't add the nuts at the beginning with the chicken because they tend to stick to the bottom of the pan and burn.

This can also be simmered in a crock pot all day.

Serve with rice, and sprinkle with fresh pomegranate arils.