Fesenjān

Fesenjān

A bowl of chicken fesenjān, with Persian rice
Type Stew
Main ingredients Pomegranate juice, walnuts, poultry (duck or chicken)
Cookbook:Fesenjān  Fesenjān

Khoresh-e fesenjān (Persian: خورش فسنجان), or simply fesenjān (Persian: فسنجان), is a Persian stew (a khoresh) flavored with pomegranate syrup and ground walnuts (see bazha). It is traditionally made with poultry (duck or chicken), but also variants using balls of ground meat, ghormeh cut lamb, fish, or no meat at all are not unusual. Depending on the cooking method, it can have sweet or sour taste. It is served with Persian white or yellow rice (polo or chelo).

It is also found in Iraq and Azerbaijan.

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