Middle+East-Main+Course+II


 * Saffron Chicken** (www.chow.com/recipes/11874-easy-easy-saffron-chicken)




 * 4 Chicken breasts halves, with skin and bone
 * 2 medium brown onions, sliced thin
 * 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
 * 2 T Olive oil
 * 1 generous pinch Saffron
 * Juice from one lemon
 * salt and pepper, to taste

by shelton. what is saffron chicken? saffron chicken is a middle eastern food the food has alot of diffrent flavors. the people from thiland make it. the things theymake out of saffron chicken is the chicken thats the most important part of the food. they ot in the food the sweet taste of lemon jucie and the onions and also the garlic that is what gives it taste. another thing they use in the food is the olive oil most people from the country say that is a improtant part of the food because at the end of the food the olive oil is the sweet jucie that makes the saffron chicken what it is because without the olive oil the taste of the saffron chicken wouldnt be the same.
 * 1) Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. A well-seasoned cast iron skillet is my preferred pan, but a casserole works as well. Put 1 T. oil in the bottom of pan, and then layer in the onions.
 * 2) Lay the chicken on top of the onions. Salt and pepper. Sprinkle the garlic over the chicken, and then the Saffron. Drizzle with remaining olive oil.
 * 3) Bake until brown, and chicken is cooked through. In a convection oven with cast iron, about 30 min. With a glass dish, about 45.
 * 4) Squeeze the lemon over the skillet. Let rest for 5 min. before serving.

(Saffron chicken may have been around for more than 3500 years it has to even do with tons of cultures. they use saffron because it is a spice derived from some dried stigmas of the saffron crocus if it seems right it started there in the middle east and than spread through out the world. Saffron spice can be a food spice and also a medicinal herb and it might be the most expensive spice in the world right now. Back in the day maybe around 4000 years ago people would of bought it for very high prices because it is so rare and in which it comes from the saffron crocus).---Taren