Lebanese Chicken Recipe

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Lebanese Chicken Recipe

Lebanese Chicken Recipe (NON-VEG RECIPE)

These dinner bowls are a modern twist on the beloved Lebanese chicken fatteh casserole. Lebanese-spiced poached chicken with toasted pita and mint yogurt sauce served in dinner bowls with Lebanese rice and Mediterranean salad.

In Arabic, the word "fatteh" literally means "crumbs," referring to a genre of Middle Eastern foods where day-old toasted pita and other leftovers are re-purposed to create a new meal.

Fattoush salad is one popular example of the myriad dishes that fall under "fatteh." So does this Lebanese chicken fatteh recipe.

Ingredients:

800 gm chicken
1 tablespoon garlic paste
1 cup rice
black pepper as required
1 tablespoon ginger paste
2 tablespoon lemon juice
salt as required
7 leaves mint leaves

Recipe:

Step 1 Wash the chicken
To begin with, this delicious chicken recipe, take a small chicken, wash and clean it properly. Pat dry the chicken then give a clue of gashes on the legs and breasts of the chicken, so that the marination seeps in perfectly. Make sure you season the chicken pieces with salt ( be generous with salt as chicken can take a decent amount of salt).
Step 2 Prepare the marinade and marinate the chicken
Now in a small bowl mix ginger garlic paste with juice of half a lemon. Then rub the mixture nicely on the chicken and in the cavity. Next, pour some olive oil on the chicken, cover, and marinate in the chicken. Keep it in the refrigerator for up to 30 minutes.
Step 3 Cook the rice
In the meanwhile, wash and boil rice a little underdone as it will cook more in the chicken. Let it attain a normal room temperature. Now add salt, pepper, mint leaves, and a drizzle of olive oil.
Step 4 Stuff the chicken and tie it with a thread
Now stuff the chicken cavity with the rice, starting from legs tie up all over tightly, so the rice does not fall out. You would need thick threads to tie the chicken properly.
Step 5 Cook the chicken
In the meantime, heat a wok on high flame with a teaspoon of olive oil. When the oil is hot, place the chicken in the wok, you will hear a sizzling sound. We need to get the nice red-brown color on both sides of the chicken so cook it for about 5-7 minutes.
Step 6 Chicken is ready!
Once the desired color is achieved lower the flame to slow cover and cook, we will see juices coming out of the chicken. Cook the chicken turning once or twice and basting with the juices for about 30-40 minutes depending on the size of the chicken. When the chicken is ready let sit for 5 minutes. Cut the thread and remove it. Carve and serve.