Jody’s Mediterranean Chicken

Chicken Stew with Roasted Peppers and Prunes

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Bitter & Sweet: Global Flavors from an Iranian-American Kitchen

By Omid Roustaei and Lauren Ko

Published 2025

  • About

Jody was my very first client as a personal chef, and I had the privilege of preparing meals for her every Monday morning for over a decade. Among her preferred dishes, a standout was this chicken stew, which she requested again and again.

When she retired, Jody decided to delve into the realm of cooking for herself. She first enrolled in my comprehensive, intuitive plant-based cooking class, covering the fundamentals of meal preparation. As my class repertoire expanded to Iranian c