Chicken Fatteh

Ingredients

1 whole chicken cut up into four pieces. You may use only breast meat.
1 small onion or 100g cut cubes. You may add some MAGGI cubes if you like
1 tablespoon cardamom
Optional for garnish:
1 tablespoon parsley

Preparation

1
Toast the Arabic/Pita bread, cut into small pieces before toasting.
2
Place in a large serving deep dish.
3
Boil your chicken by sealing it with little oil from all sides. Add water, bring to boil and skim froth as it appears, add onion, salt and cardamom.
4
Cook for 50 minutes, or until chicken is falling off of the bones.
5
Remove meat pieces from bones and set aside.
6
Reserve the chicken stock.
7
To arrange the dish: Lay your toasted pitas in a medium depth serving dish.
8
Add lemon juice and minced garlic to the bread.
9
Pour some of the chicken stock over the toasted bread, the bread should soften up at this point.
10
Spoon the rice over the bread, if desired, add more broth.
11
Combine the yogurt with garlic and lemon juice and pour over the rice, then place the chicken meat pieces over the yogurt.
12
Garnish with toasted nuts and sprinkle parsley over. Serve immediately.

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About

A very traditional recipe served in the Levant. tasty and easy to prepare.

Yield:

6.0 servings

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 11:08pm

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