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Shiraz chicken and eggplant tahchin

Shiraz chicken and eggplant tahchin

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Chiraz Tahchin: A layered rice dish with saffron and yogurt, featuring shredded chicken, fried eggplant, and pine nuts, cooked in a pot and then unmolded …

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Recipe from Roozitaa, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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This Chiraz-style tahchin combines rice cooked with yogurt and saffron, creating a golden crust at the bottom of the pot, with shredded chicken, fried eggplant, and caramelized capers.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time50 min
  • Cook time1 hr 30 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total2 hr 50 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodpot
  • Estimated cost$22.15 $3.69 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

6 people
  • $2.97
  • $3.46
  • $0.21
  • $0.48
  • $5.25
  • $0.02
  • $1.10
  • $0.70
  • $7.67
  • $0.25
  • $0.04

Prices from US supermarkets for 8 of 11 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Cook the chicken breasts with the onion, salt, turmeric, and a little water, then shred them.
  2. Peel the eggplants, cut them into slices, salt them, and let them sit in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to drain any excess water, then fry them.
  3. Soak the rice for 30 minutes, then cook it in plenty of salted water until the grains are tender on the outside but still firm in the center; drain.
  4. Soak the pine needles for a few minutes in hot water, then brown them in a little oil with the sugar.
  5. Combine the yogurt, yolks, saffron, and salt with a quarter of the rice. ≈ 4 min
  6. Grease the bottom of a large pot, heat it up, and spread the mixture evenly over the bottom. Then, press it down firmly with the back of a spoon.
  7. Layer the dish with a combination of pine needles, eggplant, and chicken, then add a layer of rice. Repeat this process two or three times, and finish with a final layer of rice. ≈ 3 min
  8. Bring the rice to a boil, then add the broth, reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for 1 hour.
  9. Place the stockpot on a plate to turn out the tahchin. ≈ 3 min

The bill

Shiraz chicken and eggplant tahchin

  • 900 g of basmati rice$2.97
  • 3 chicken breasts$3.46
  • 1 onion$0.21
  • 1 teaspoon of turmeric$0.48
  • 3 eggplants$5.25
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar$0.02
  • 250 ml of chicken broth$1.10
  • 2 egg yolks$0.70
  • saffron-infused$7.67
  • oil$0.25
  • salt$0.04

Total$22.15

that's $3.69 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 900 g of basmati rice
  • 3 chicken breasts
  • 1 onion
  • 1 teaspoon of turmeric
  • 3 eggplants
  • 100 g of barberry berries (zereshk)
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar
  • 250 ml of chicken broth
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 250 g of full-fat yogurt
  • saffron-infused
  • oil
  • salt

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