{"id":3735,"slug":"zereshk-palau-iranian-rice-with-barberries-ii","title":"Zereshk Palau (Iranian Rice with Barberries) II","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["4 cups (32 oz) basmati or long-grain rice","¼ cup salt","½ tsp salt","1 medium onion, chopped","2 split chicken breasts, skin removed","¼ tsp black pepper","1 stick (½ cup) butter","1 cup (8 oz) dried barberries (also known as zereshk) or dried cranberries","½ cup sugar","¼ tsp powdered saffron"],"ingredients_norm":["basmati or long grain rice","salt","onion","split chicken breasts skin removed","black pepper","butter","dried barberries or dried cranberry","sugar","powdered saffron"],"steps":["Rinse rice 3 times, then soak in warm water with ¼ cup salt for 5 hours. Drain.","In a large (8 qt) pot, bring 8 cups water to a boil. Add rice and cook 8 to 10 minutes until slightly soft. Drain in a colander.","Heat 2 tbsp oil in a large skillet. Add onion and sauté until soft. Add chicken, ½ cup water, ½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp black pepper. Cover and simmer over low heat until chicken is cooked through. Remove from heat.","Pull meat off bones; cut into 2-inch pieces and return to leftover cooking broth. Cover to keep warm.","Rinse barberries (if using) 3 times. Melt butter in a small pot; add barberries and sauté 1 minute. Add sugar; sauté 1 minute more.","Dilute saffron in ½ cup hot water and stir into barberries.","In the large pot used to cook the rice, heat 3 Tbsp oil. Add rice, using a large spoon and fluffing rice. Pour barberry mixture over the rice.","Cover pot and cook over low heat about 30 minutes. For a crisp, golden layer on bottom of rice (called ‘ta-dig’), cook another 15 minutes.","Using a large serving spoon, place rice in a large flat serving dish, gently mixing the barberries with the rice. Top with the chicken and serve."],"categories":["Rice recipes","Middle Eastern recipes","Recipes using chicken breast","Recipes using butter","Recipes using barberry","Recipes using sugar"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Zereshk_Palau_(Iranian_Rice_with_Barberries)_II","source_ref":"4509488","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Zereshk_Palau_(Iranian_Rice_with_Barberries)_II&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"755e74c6b81e92ff5139a3386d094a8b3758574adeb16efc1bbd1402dae8186e","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:32Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/zereshk-palau-iranian-rice-with-barberries-ii"}