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Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, shirin-polow, iranian sweet rice and chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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

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

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

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

1. 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.
2. Pour a glass of water over the chicken and onion, season with salt and pepper then leave over medium heat for 20 minutes.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. In a skillet, melt 2 tablespoons of butter, add in the carrots and fry until they are soft.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. When done, flip the pot over a wide serving platter. The rice should be golden and molded into the shape of the pot.
13. Garnish with the remaining orange peel and carrot mix, pistachios and almonds. Serve hot.

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