Chicken & Yoghurt Fatteh
By Samcharles
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Ingredients
- 2 cups of rice
- 1 whole chicken (approx. 3lbs)
- 3 pitta breads (dried and broken into small pieces)
- 2 tsp salt
- 6 cloves of garlic
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 3 onions quartered
- 2 bay leaves
- 4tsp salted butter
- 2 tsp black peppercorns
- 6 cardamoms
- 2 pieces of mastic (finely grinded with a pestle and mortar)
- Yoghurt Sauce
- 4 cups of plain yoghurt
- 6 crushed garlic cloves
- 3 tsp tahini
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp salt
Details
Level of difficulty Average
Cost Average budget
Preparation
Step 1
1. Melt the butter in a large pan and heat the chicken until it turns light brown.
Step 2
2. Add the onions and garlic to the chicken and sauté.
Step 3
3. Add the dry spices to the chicken and cook for one hour, until the chicken becomes tender.
Step 4
4. Once the chicken has cooled, remove bones and break into small pieces.
Step 5
5. Use the chicken stock to soak the dry pieces of pitta bread.
Step 6
6. Prepare the yoghurt sauce by adding all the ingredients mentioned above.
Step 7
7. Boil the rice in salty water and drain when cooked.
Step 8
8. When you are ready to serve, heat the soaked bread, chicken, rice and yoghurt sauce (only for 1 minute).
Step 9
9. Present the chicken & yoghurt fatteh in a large dish, by layering the pitta bread at the bottom followed by the yoghurt sauce, rice and chicken.
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