Fesenjan: A Rich, SWEET and SOUR Pomegranate and Walnut Stew
Iranian cuisine is a treasure trove of delicious and unique dishes, each with its own story and flavors that transport you to the heart of Persia ????????????. One such culinary masterpiece is Fesenjan فسنجان, (also known as Pomegranate & Walnut Stew), a traditional stew that combines the tanginess of pomegranate with the richness of walnuts.
The stew is made by simmering meatballs or chicken slices with ground walnuts and pomegranate paste, resulting in a thick and velvety sauce that is both sweet and tangy. The use of pomegranate and walnuts not only adds a delightful taste but also brings a wealth of health benefits.
Pomegranates are packed with antioxidants and vitamins, while walnuts are a great source of omega-3 fatty acids and protein. Fesenjan is often served with saffron-infused rice, creating a harmonious marriage of flavors. This traditional dish truly exemplifies the richness and depth of Iranian culinary traditions.
In this video, we will dive into the world of Fesenjan and explore its ingredients and the secrets to creating this mouthwatering dish that has been loved for generations in Iran. Get ready to tantalize your taste buds and embark on a culinary journey like no other.
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✅ Ingredients used for the this recipe:
2 Medium Onions
150g Ground Meat
3 tsp Salt
200g Walnuts
½ tsp Cinnamon Powder
250g Pomegranate Paste
1 Cup Water
250g Soaked Rice
2 Slices Lavash Bread
Oil
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Persian Chicken in Walnut and Pomegranate Sauce Khoreshte Fesenjan
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This is my favorite Persian dish of all time! words cannot describe how good it tastes
Ingredients
1x chopped onion
1/3cup oil
1 teaspoon Turmeric
4x chicken legs and thighs
2 cups ground walnuts
1/4 tsp saffron
1 cup pomegranate paste
1tbsp tomato paste
Salt+pepper to taste
Sugar to taste I used 5tbsp which makes it fairly sweet
Make This Chicken ???? Recipe With Walnut & Pomegranate For Huge Health Benefits | فسنجون
Walnuts are natural mood enhancer, heart healthy, may support weight loss and excellent for healthy digestive system. Pomegranates on the other hand are a sweet fruit with a hint of tartness, Pomegranate molasses contains antioxidants that are beneficial to your immune system, pomegranate juice may prevent or slow the accumulation of cholesterol in your arteries. Cholesterol buildup causes your arteries to harden and narrow, and is the leading cause of heart disease. Antioxidants such as polyphenols can can reduce low-density lipoproteins that lead to cholesterol buildup. Pomegranates contain a higher amount of polyphenol antioxidants than most fruits. Pomegranate molasses contains several B vitamins including B1, B3, B5 and B6. Vitamin B1, or thiamin helps your body produce energy and is an aid to enzymes that help your muscles, cardiovascular system and nervous system. Vitamin B3, or niacin, helps to maintain the health and vitality of your skin, nervous system and digestive system. Vitamin B5, or pantothenic acid, helps promote normal growth and development, especially in young people. In this recipe we'll use both pomegranate molasses and walnuts to make our delicious fesenjan.
Fesenjan recipe or some time spelled as fesenjoon ashpazi (ashpazi means cooking in Farsi language) is a dish where chicken or duck pieces are cooked in a mixture of walnut and pomegranate molasses. Obviously in this video I show you how I made the Fesenjan recipe with chicken. Fesenjan stew is a nutty Iranian dish and it has an incredibly delicious subtle layers of flavor to it, most probably due to the main ingredients pomegranate molasses and walnuts, which are normally added in a finely chopped and coarsely copped consistency during the cooking process.
We would really love to know your thoughts on this recipe please feel free to share it with us in the comment section. If you've tried fesenjan recipe before, was it fesenjan with duck or fesenjan with chicken, and which one would you say is your favorite and why?
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How to make a easy delicious “ Fesenjoon or Walnuts Stew” | cooking with Nikarm Kitchen
Fesenjoon recipe (chicken stew with walnut and pomegranate sauce). Beautiful red ripe pomegranates are available in most supermarkets. This is a sweet and sour food. You can make it with chicken, meatball, turkey. My favorite is with chicken. It might take you a few time to get this stew just right. The sweetness and sourness is totally depends in your taste. Give it a try and let me know how you liked it.
Ingredients
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1 1/2 cup ground walnuts
750 g chicken or as needed
2tbs sugar
1/3 tsp turmeric
1 tsp salt
About 1/2 cup pomegranate paste or as needed
3-4 spoon brewed Saffron
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Oven chicken flavored with orange and walnuts!
Seasoned tandoori chicken is a very delicious and perfect dish for our Eid celebration! We Iranians have been celebrating Nowruz since thousands of years ago, Nowruz and the new year promise a new beginning after a cold and long winter.
Tonight, we cooked tandoori chicken with orange sauce for Eid celebration and enjoyed it together.
Happy Nowruz!
Persian Fesenjoon Khoresh (stew) بهترین خورش فسنجون مرغ
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Another one in the lineup of the most popular Persian (Iranian) Khoreshes (stews), right up there with Gheymeh and Ghormeh Sabzi is the Fesenjoon Khoresh! This is considered a dish with royal pedigree that originated on the Caspian Coast where they have a lot of ducks and walnut trees! This is a long and low simmered stew made with ground walnuts and duck meat (usually leg quarters), accented with a sweet and sour touch coming primarily from Pomegranate Molasses (and then adjusted with some kind of sweetener and citrus acid - lemon or lime juice). The intended final flavor profile for Fesenjoon is a tangy balance known to Persians as Malas (translation of tangy in Farsi).
Ducks take much much longer than chicken to cook and they are usually much more expensive, so a majority of times this dish is made with chicken. Specifically, it is made with chicken drumsticks because they resemble duck parts more than other chicken parts. So, if you are using duck meat, make sure the second simmering stretch is much much longer than the 20 minutes we prescribe for chicken drumsticks in the recipe I give (below in the comments section). If you live in the United States (especially in the South), you can use pecans instead of walnuts!
A fun fact about Fesenjoon stew is that it follows the same identical technique that many other culinary cultures use for a similar dish of nuts and poultry. Mexicans have Chicken Mole while the Indian sub-continent has brought us the Chicken Tikka Masala (by the way of London, England)!
Like almost all other Persian stews, Fesenjoon ios served with Persian Saffron Rice and usually a side of salad (such as Shirazi Salad). You can find videos for the Persian Saffron Ricxe and the Shirazi Salad on this channel.
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Full recipe for Fesenjoon is placed in first comment under this video.
0:00 Introduction
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1:07 Preparing (grinding) walnuts
1:49 Showing ground walnuts
1:56 Starting to roast ground walnuts
2:37 Explaining the technique being shared by multiple culinary cultures (Mexican chicken mole, Indian style chicken tikka masala, etc.)
3:03 Walnut oil released
3:32 Finished roasting ground walnuts
3:48 Preparing (trimming) chicken drumsticks
4:15 Applying salt & pepper to chicken drumsticks
4:27 Introducing the use of a heat defuser on the stove eyes to prevent nuts from burning
5:03 Sautéing the chicken drumsticks
6:39 Putting sautéed drumsticks aside in a bowl
7:05 Sautéing the onion in the brown bits left from the chicken
7:38 Adding the turmeric to the onions
8:04 Adding the hot chicken broth
8:30 Bringing broth and onions to a boil and scraping the bottom of the pot to dissolve the brown bits
8:34 Adding brown sugar, cinnamon, and cardamom
8:51 Explaining the concept of MALAS flavor profile (a balance of sweet and sour - TANGYU)
9:02 Adding the pomegranate molasses to simmering stew
9:49 Adding a touch of cayenne pepper for a bit of heat!
10:07 Adding the roasted ground walnuts (or pecans) in the stew
10:28 Adding Bukhara (dried) plums (remove the pits)
10:59 Bringing liquid temp up to a boil then dropping it to simmer and letting it simmer for 20 minutes
11:37 Returning the partially cooked chicken drumsticks to the walnut pomegranate stew
12:15 Starting the second 20-minute simmer for the stew
12:33 After the second 20-minute stretch, adding the lemon (or lime) juice and the saffron solution
13:06 Start simmering the stew for another 10 minutes
13:20 Removing the chicken drumsticks from the stew and tenting to keep them warm (chicken is cooked and ready at this point)
13:50 Taste and adjust salt, pepper and tanginess
14:33 Showing the walnut oil layer on the top of the stew
14:46 Simmering a final 20-30 minutes to reduce/thicken the sauce by about 1/4 or until we achieve the desired thickness of the Fesenjoon khoresh
15:17 Finished Fesenjoon
15:46 Outtro