Saffron Chicken

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 teaspoon saffron
• 3 lbs chicken pieces
• 3 tablespoons ghee or 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons oil
• 1 large onion, julienned
• 2 teaspoons finely grated gingerroot
• 1 -3 fresh chili pepper, or to taste, red or green
• 2 -3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

Recipe

• 1 toast the saffron strands in a dry pan over a medium heat for about 1 minute taking care not to burn them.
• 2 cool, and then crush them with the back of a spoon.
• 3 dissolve them in 1 tablespoon of very hot water.
• 4 heat the ghee (or whatever you use), and gently fry the onion, garlic, ginger and chillis until the onion is soft and golden.
• 5 add garlic.
• 6 add the dissolved saffron to the pan with the cardomon, then add the chicken.
• 7 turn the chicken pieces in the mix, coating well.
• 8 add the salt, cover and cook for 25 minutes until the chicken is tender.
• 9 uncover the pan and continue cooking, turning often until the liquid is almost gone.