Chicken, Vegetable + Fruit Casserole

Name: Chicken, Vegetable + Fruit Casserole (Tas Kabab-e Ardabil)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 25 min
Yield: Serves: 6
Cuisine: Iranian
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon fine sea salt; 1 teaspoon fine sea salt; 1 teaspoon turmeric; 2 carrots, peeled and sliced (1in/2.5cm thick); 2 tablespoons ground hearts of dried Persian limes; 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper; 1 cup/175 g dried apricots; 2 tomatoes, peeled and sliced (1in/2.5cm thick); 2 large russet potatoes (1⅓ lb/600 g), peeled and sliced (1 in/2.5 cm thick); 1 cup/175 g pitted prunes; 2 Chinese eggplants, peeled and sliced into rings (1in/2.5cm thick); 2 quinces, (or apples), cored, hard parts removed, peeled and sliced into rings; 3 lb/1.2 kg chicken thighs, skin on and bone-in, or 2 lb/900 g boneless leg of lamb, thinly sliced; 4 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced; 2 large onions, peeled and sliced into rings; ¼ cup/60 ml oil or 2 oz butter or ghee; ½ teaspoon ground saffron threads dissolved in 1 cup/240 ml water; 5 Medjool dates (3 oz/85 g), any remaining hard stalk parts removed, pitted and halved; 2 teaspoons Azari three-spice advieh; ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Tas Kabab-e Ardabil

Preparation info

Serves:
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

Cooking in Iran

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2020

About

This dish is traditionally made on the stovetop with thin slices of boned leg of lamb. Here I’ve chicken on the bone and cooked it in the oven, because I find it much easier, and the result is tastier. However, if you’d like to use lamb, just replace the chicken. Everything else remains the same.

Ingredients

Spice Mix

1 tablespoon fine sea salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1

Asia
Iran
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C.
For the spice mix: In a small bowl combine all the spices and mix well.
For the chicken and vegetables: Pour 2 tablespoons of the oil into a 4qt/3.8l ovenproof casserole dish, and layer the ingre