LEBANESE CHICKEN FATTEH DINNER BOWLS

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These dinner bowls are a glossy twist on the cherished Lebanese hen fatteh casserole. Lebanese-spiced poached hen with toasted pita and mint yogurt sauce, served in dinner bowls with Lebanese rice and Mediterranean salad.



INGREDIENTS


  • 4 bone-in hen breasts, skins removed
  • Salt
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 2 dried bay leaves
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 4 total cardamom pods, calmly crushed
  • 6 cloves
  • Water
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and thinly sliced
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 tsp candy Spanish paprika
  • 1 tsp floor sumac
  • 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts
  • 1/2 cup toasted sliced almonds
  • Fresh parsley leaves for garnish
  • 2 loaves Lebanese pita bread, toasted within the oven till calmly brown, and damaged into chips
Mint Yogurt Sauce



  • 1 1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt (not Greek yogurt)
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1/2 cup chopped recent mint (or 2–4 tbsp dried beaten mint)
  • pinch salt

To Serve

  • 1 Lebanese Rice Recipe (optional)
  • 1 Mediterranean Salad Recipe  (optional)


INSTRUCTIONS


  • Prepare the mint yogurt sauce. Place the yogurt, garlic, mint, and salt in a small bowl. Mix with a fork till well-combined. Cover and refrigerate for now.
  • If you like, practice Lebanese rice according to this recipe and set aside. Prepare Mediterranean salad according to this recipe; disguise and refrigerate for now.
  • Arrange the hen breasts in a single layer within the backside of a heavy cooking pot or Dutch oven. Sprinkle with salt. Add apple cider vinegar, bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, cardamom, and cloves. Pour in sufficient chilly water to disguise the hen by 1 inch or so.
  • Place the pot of hen on the stove-top over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil. Skim off the white foam that collects on the floor of the water. Turn warmth to low, disguise and practice dinner one other 15-20 minutes or till the hen is cooked by capability of registering an inside temperature of 165 tiers F.
  • With a slotted spoon, take away the hen from the cooking broth and location on a reducing board to cool.  Strain and reserve the broth for later or different use.
  • When cool sufficient to handle, take away the bones and shred the hen into bite-sized pieces.
  • In a big forged iron skillet like this one, warmth 2 tbsp added virgin olive oil over medium heat. Add the onions and practice dinner for four minutes, stirring regularly. Add the garlic and practice dinner for one other minute or so. Add the chicken, paprika and sumac. Season with salt and pepper. Stir till the hen is well-coated. Cook for 5-7 minutes till the hen is warmed through.
  • Remove from warmth and upload the toasted nuts. Garnish with recent parsley leaves.
  • To serve, divide toasted pita bread amongst serving bowls. Add the Lebanese chicken;top with a beneficiant scoop of the mint yogurt sauce and added toasted nuts, within the event you like. If you’ve long past a step added and keen the rice and salad, then make room so as to feature them subsequent to the Lebanese hen fatteh (as within the images above). Enjoy!




WHAT IS FATTEH?
In Arabic, the phrase “fatteh” literally capability “crumbs,” referring to a style of Middle Eastern meals the position day-old toasted pita and different leftovers are re-purposed to create a brand new meal.

Fattoush salad is one time-honored instance of the myriad dishes that fall below “fatteh.” So does this Lebanese hen fatteh recipe.


LEBANESE CHICKEN FATTEH
Lebanese hen fatteh is a primary but thoughtful mixture of ingredients. It starts with poaching hen breasts in water with aromatics like cardamom pods, cinnamon sticks, cloves and bay leaves. Flavors already building!


Later, the hen is shredded into bite-sized items and cooked in brief in a skillet with onions, garlic and added spices.

Tomato and cucumber salad with mint dip on the area and bottles of spices on the table

Traditionally, the spiced shredded hen tops a layer of toasted pita bread. A beneficiant quantity of mint yogurt sauce, alongside with toasted pine nuts and almonds, make the very best layer of the Lebanese hen fatteh casserole. And simply due to the fact each household has it’s own fatteh recipe, some contain a layer of Lebanese rice.

I took a added glossy strategy to Lebanese hen fatteh by converting the casserole into primary dinner bowls. Lebanese rice and this 3-ingredient Mediterranean salad delivered as facets to total the dinner bowls.


Although there are a number of steps to this recipe, it's actually an easy, unpretentious, and flavor-packed Lebanese hen dinner. You can practice it forward and gather in bowls whilst you're competent to serve.



NOTES

  • If you propose to serve the Lebanese hen fatteh in bowls as we've here, funds an added 25 minutes or so to practice the Lebanese rice and Mediterranean salad. Otherwise, you possibly can serve the Lebanese hen fatteh in a casserole the ordinary way. Begin with the toasted pita chips simply due to the fact the backside layer, best with the hen after which the mint yogurt sauce. Add the toasted nuts and garnish of parsley on the very end.
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