Fesenjan (Persian Pomegranate Chicken) Recipe

Fesenjan (Persian Pomegranate Chicken) Recipe

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesFesenjan (Persian Pomegranate Chicken) Recipe

Fesenjan is a Persian chicken stew made with slow-cooked chicken fillets or thighs with ground roasted walnuts and pomegranate molasses.

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How to Make Fesenjān (Fesenjoon) – A Royal Iranian Pomegranate and Walnut Stew

Here is a stew made for fall! This recipe for chicken stew with walnut-pomegranate sauce is a classic preparation in Persian cuisine: Fesenjan.

Chicken pieces are first browned and then slowly cooked in a sauce with ground roasted walnuts and pomegranate molasses. You wouldn't normally think of a sauce with walnuts and pomegranates but it's a perfect combination!

The toasted walnuts are rich and warm and the pomegranate molasses is tart and berry-colored. Slow-cooked with the chicken the sauce is spectacular. Finger-licking good.