🇦🇿 Azerbaijani Cuisine

Lavangi

Stuffed Chicken with Walnut and Onion

Prep Time 40 min

Servings 6

Difficulty Hard

Calories 482 kcal

A whole chicken stuffed with a tangy mixture of ground walnuts, caramelized onions, and sour plum paste, then slowly roasted until the skin is deeply golden. A signature dish of southern Azerbaijan.

Ingredients

1 whole chicken, about 1.8kg
300g walnuts, ground
4 large onions, finely diced and caramelized
3 tablespoons narshara (sour plum paste) or pomegranate molasses
1 teaspoon turmeric
Salt and black pepper to taste
2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Instructions

1 Preheat oven to 180°C.
2 Caramelize onions in oil until deep golden brown.
3 Mix ground walnuts, caramelized onions, narshara, turmeric, salt, and pepper.
4 Clean and pat dry the chicken inside and out.
5 Stuff the cavity tightly with the walnut mixture.
6 Truss the chicken and place in a roasting pan.
7 Roast for 2 hours, basting occasionally, until skin is golden and juices run clear.
8 Rest 15 minutes before carving. Serve stuffing alongside.

Did You Know?

Lavangi is the pride of the Lankaran region, and locals insist that the dish can only be made properly with walnuts from Talysh mountain orchards and local narshara sour plum paste.