Pomegranate Chicken with Walnuts

Ingredients

• 2 cups rice
• 5 skinless boneless chicken thighs (about 1 pound, cut into quarters)
• salt
• pepper
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 onion (large, halved and sliced)
• 1 clove garlic (smashed)
• 3/4 cup walnuts (coarsely chopped)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups pomegranate juice (cranberry-)
• 2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley (chopped)