Chicken Fatteh is a wonderful combo dish! It screams flavor and is an easy-peasy recipe to prepare.
Everyone makes Chicken Fatteh almost the same way, except some omit the rice. I decided to add my personal touch to it to make it extra delicious. The new addition here is the Tazah Aleppo Pepper which gives it a beautiful flavor. Of course, you can use any other Aleppo Pepper brand that is available in your kitchen.
A Dish Full of Flavors and Textures!
A Perfect Chicken Fatteh Family Meal
This meal is the perfect choice for family and guests. You can prepare it with a short list of ingredients or you can also add chicken or meat. You have a variety of choices!
Chicken Fatteh, in particular, would satisfy a whole bunch of mouths. A layer of bread, spiced rice, some garlicky yogurt sauce, shredded chicken, another round of yogurt sauce, and garnished with crunchy nuts would make the perfect savory meal!
Endless Variations
You will fall in love with this meal from the very first bite! Fatteh in general is very popular in the Middle Eastern area, and it’s for a good reason. It simply tastes so good! But unlike Fattet Betenjan, Chicken Fatteh excludes the use of meat as well as eggplant. However, both are tasty and special in their own way!
Here are some other Fatteh ideas you might want to know:
Vegetarian Fatteh includes fried eggplant, tomato sauce, yogurt sauce, and pita chip.
Meat and chickpeas Fatteh includes spiced meat, fried vegetables, chickpeas, and yogurt sauce.
Rice Fatteh includes meat, yogurt sauce, crunchy bread, and rice.
Perfect Fatteh includes pomegranate, parsley, nuts fried in ghee, garlic sauce, and bread.
Let’s Make Our Taste Buds Happy, Shall we?!
Tips and Tricks: Chicken Fatteh
You can use leftover chicken or rice for this recipe.
Fatteh can be also made with minced meat.
This dish can be served in separate portions.
You can turn this recipe into a vegetarian one simply by removing the chicken and adding eggplants and chickpeas.
If you prefer the bread to stay crispy, mix the ingredients whenever you are ready to serve.
You can change the topping however you like.
You can fry or roast the bread.
Frequently Asked Questions
Vermicelli rice, brown rice, short grain rice, Egyptian rice, or any other type you prefer.
Chicken Fatteh can be stored for 3-4 days in an airtight container. Storing the ingredients separately would give a longer time span.
Yes! Use less amount of sauce or limit the quantity of tahini-yogurt sauce. Also, you can omit the bread or use keto pita bread.
Of course! Prepare the ingredients in separate portions. You can mix once you are ready to serve or else the mixture will be soggy.
Yum! Isn’t This Topping Simply Mesmerizing?!
What You Will Need
Chicken breast, has an amazing flavor.
Stick cinnamon, adds a spicy-sweet kick to all savory dishes.
Black pepper, adds flavor to your meal.
Salt, it stabilizes all the ingredients.
Garlic powder, it brings an additional asset to the dish.
Onion powder, adds a good flavor to the dish.
Sumac, adds acidity to your food without adding any liquids.
Onion, adds flavor and texture to Fatteh.
7 spice, adds volume of flavors to your dish.
Paprika, it brightens the dish with its vibrant color.
Tazah Aleppo pepper, an important flavor enhancer.
Butter or ghee, adds a healthy touch to your recipe.
Pita bread, perfect for dips and yogurt.
Pine nuts or almonds, takes your dish to a whole new level of deliciousness!
Rice Ingredients
Basmati rice, a super delicious ingredient.
Salt, an important addition to any meal.
Turmeric, works well with black pepper and gives the rice its golden hue color.
7 spice, can be added before and after cooking.
Coriander powder, it instigates the appetite.
Tazah Aleppo pepper, can be replaced with crushed red pepper.
Water, needed to boil the rice.
Yogurt Sauce Ingredients
Yogurt, delicious and healthy in cooking.
Garlic, has a sharp taste.
Lemon juice, adds a lemony flavor to the dish.
Water, adds a creamier consistency to the yogurt sauce.
Salt, it is an important agent in preserving food.
Butter, adds a velvety texture.
Easy Steps to Prep
First, boil the chicken with black pepper, cinnamon, and 1 teaspoon of salt. Then, discard the water and shred the chicken.
Next, sauté the sliced onion in butter or ghee until golden, then add shredded chicken and spices.
Up next, let it cook for another 5 minutes. Cook the rice in 1 tablespoon of oil and add the spices.
After that, for the yogurt sauce, I prefer frying my minced garlic before adding it to the yogurt, but you can skip that and add it raw, without the butter.
Later on, fry or air-fry the cubed pita bread and nuts. Layer the bread, rice, some sauce, chicken, yogurt sauce, and nuts.
Finally, serve it hot, so the bread doesn’t stay crunchy.
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Chicken Fatteh
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken breast
- 1 stick cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons salt divided
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon sumac
- 1 onion
- 1 teaspoon 7 spices
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon @tazah aleppo pepper + more for garnish
- 1 tablespoon butter or ghee
- 2 pita bread
- Pine nuts or almonds
Rice Ingredients
- 1½ cups basmati rice
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon 7 spice
- ½ teaspoon coriander powder
- ½ teaspoon @tazah aleppo pepper
- 3 cups water
Yogurt Sauce Ingredient
- 1 cup yogurt
- 3 cloves garlic
- lemon juice to taste
- 2 tablespoon s water
- salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon butter
Instructions
- Boil chicken with black pepper, cinnamon and 1 tsp salt.
- Discard water and shred chicken.
- Sauté sliced onion in butter or ghee until golden, then add shredded chicken and spices.
- Let it cook for another 5 minutes. Cook the rice in 1 tablespoon oil and add the spices.
- For the yogurt sauce, I prefer frying my minced garlic before adding it to the yogurt but you can skip that and add it raw, without the butter.
- Fry or airfry the cubed pita bread and nuts.
- Layer the bread, rice, some sauce, chicken, yogurt sauce and nuts.
- Plate while food is hot so the bread doesnt stay crunchy.
Notes
- You can change the topping however you like.
- You can turn this recipe into a vegetarian one by removing the chicken and adding eggplants and chickpeas.
- If you prefer the bread to stay crispy, mix the ingredients whenever you are ready to serve.
I’ve been wanting to make this since I had it at a friends house years ago. It’s so much easier than I thought and it was delicious! My kids loved it.