Persian Chicken Stuffed with Dried Fruits

Name: Persian Chicken Stuffed with Dried Fruits
Cuisine: Iranian
Ingredients: 1 large roasting chicken; 2 apples, peeled, cored and chopped; 60 g (2 oz) seedless raisins; Salt and black pepper; Salt and black pepper; Butter; 1 onion, finely chopped; 250 g (8 oz) dried apricots, soaked and chopped; 250 g (8 oz) prunes, soaked, stoned and chopped; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A New Book of Middle Eastern Food

By Claudia Roden

Published 1986

About

Ingredients

1 large roasting chicken
1 onion, finely chopped
Butter
250 g<

Asia
Iran
Persia
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Clean and wash the chicken, and wipe it dry. Fry the chopped onion in 2 tablespoons hot butter until soft and golden. Add the chopped fruits and raisins and sauté gently for a few minutes. Season to taste with salt, pepper and cinnamon.

Stuff the chicken with this mixture. Rub it with salt a