Persian Chicken Tah Cheen

Tah cheen, means

Wash rice and soak it in warm water for 2 hours , then filter out the water.

Chop onions thinly and fry in oil until slightly golden.

Wash and cut chicken , remove skin , and fry in onions until color changes.

Add some water and bring to boil.

Reduce heat and simmer slowly until cooked , adding more water if needed , then remove the bones.

While chicken is cooking , beat the yogurt until it is smooth.

Dissolve saffron in half a cup of hot water.

Add saffron , salt , pepper and egg yolks to the yogurt and mix very well.

Pour a few glasses of water in a large pot and bring to boil.

Pour in rice and cook while stirring occasionally until rice grows longer and slightly softens.

Again filter out the water.

Pour several spoons of oil and several spoons of the yogurt mix into a non-stick pot.

Add a thin layer of rice and flatten using the back of a spoon.

Add a layer of chicken on top followed by another layer of rice , then flatten the rice.

Spread several more spoons of the .

chicken, basmati rice, plain nonfat yogurt, saffron, onions, egg yolks, cooking oil, salt, black pepper