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Description
The dish is prepared without unnecessary complications. The two years I spent in southern Azerbaijan were not in vain—I learned how to cook several very delicious traditional Azerbaijani dishes using authentic recipes. Lavangi is one of them. I haven't been to Azerbaijan for over 10 years, but Azerbaijani dishes still occasionally appear in my home kitchen :) I highly recommend trying to make lavangi—it's truly VERY tasty if you follow the correct recipe. Good luck with your cooking, and the finished dish can now be served.
Instructions
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Step 1
First, prepare the ingredients. The walnuts should be crushed, and the onion finely chopped and sautéed.
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Step 2
Then take our lavashan sheet (these are sour plums dried into sheets; I should note right away that the dish won't work without them), chop it finely with a knife or scissors, and soak in boiling water for 5–10 minutes until softened.
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Step 3
When softened, rub to a porridge-like consistency and mix with fried onion, walnuts, and clarified butter. The result should be a homogeneous paste.
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Step 4
This is what this porridge-like mass will look like.
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Step 5
Now stuff the chicken with the prepared mixture. Wash the chicken and cut it in half. Place about 80% of the filling inside, then sew it shut with thread. Use the remaining filling to coat the outside of the chicken, and make several shallow cuts in the fillet parts, inserting a little of the stuffing into them.
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Step 6
Bake for exactly 1 hour at 180 degrees. That's it, the lavangs are ready!