Pomegranates are a traditional Rosh Hashanah food. This recipe calls for two chickens, enough for a crowd. If you decide to make only one, you can save the extra barbecue sauce for another day, or another dish.
Pomegranate Barbecue Chicken
A fine combination of flavors, suitable for Rosh Hashana and all year round!
Servings
6 Servings
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 8 garlic cloves thinly sliced
- 2 onions chopped
- 1 cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons mustard yellow or Dijon
- ¼ cup pomegranate molasses or Jamie Geller Pomegranate & Honey
- 2 tablespoons honey
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 2 chickens cut into eighths
- Pomegranate seeds for garnish
Instructions
- 1 Preheat the oven to 425° F.
- Heat evoo in a large, heavy saucepan. Sauté garlic slices 5 to 7 minutes, until golden brown. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
- Sauté chopped onions in saucepan 3 to 5 minutes, until translucent.
- Mix the ketchup, mustard, pomegranate molasses, and honey in with the onions. Stir in the cooked garlic. Mix the sauce well and bring to a boil. Stir occasionally until thickened.
- Lay out the chicken pieces in a roasting pan in a single layer and season with salt and pepper.
- Thickly brush each piece of chicken with the pomegranate barbecue sauce.
- Cook in preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes until juices run clear when pierced with a knife, or until a meat thermometer registers 160° F.
- Garnish with pomegranate seeds and serve.
Middle Eastern grocery stores have it.
You can purchase it on Amazon.com and Wal-mart.com
I’ve never come across pomegranate molasses where I live but I did find recipes for it online and I’ve used this one (it’s delicious) http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/pomegranate_molasses/
Rachel-
recipe looks and sounds terrific. where does one purchase pomegranate molasses or pomegranate syrup??
Nava – to whom is your comment directed??
hey, do you live in israel? can you read hebrew?