Chicken Fatteh
An absolutely delicious mouthwatering Chicken Fatteh that is easily prepared and made from garlicky yogurt sauce, spiced rice, shredded chicken, pita bread, and garnished with nuts. A divine recipe you would love and become addicted to!
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.
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