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مرغ (Morgh): The Persian Chicken Tradition

Persian chicken preparations — from the simplest roasted morgh with saffron and lemon to the elaborate khoresh-based preparations — form a complete technical tradition that approaches chicken differently from any European or East Asian cooking tradition. The Persian approach: chicken is a vehicle for spice, acid, and fruit combinations rather than a flavour to be expressed on its own.

Persian chicken technique — the defining preparations.

PERSIAN CULINARY TRADITION — DEEP EXTRACTION

Moroccan preserved lemon chicken (same acid-fruit-chicken principle), Turkish tavuk güveç (same slow-cooked clay pot chicken), Georgian chicken in walnut sauce (satsivi — same nut sauce with chicken p