Chicken Fatteh
Chicken Fatteh is a delicious recipe that consists of layers of bread soaked in chicken broth flavored with garlic and lemon juice, then topped off with rice, tender chicken, and sprinkled with crunchy toasted almonds and pine nuts.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 breast chicken with bones
- 3-4 cups of tap water
- 2 cardamom seeds
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cup rice
- 1-2 flatbread lightly toasted and cut into small pieces
- 4-5 cloves of garlic
- 2-3 juice of fresh lemons
- ½ sea salt
- ¼ cup toasted pine nuts and/or almonds
Instructions
- 1
In a medium pot, cover chicken with water until submerged about 3-4 cups tap water. Add bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, and cardamom seeds.
- 2
Once it starts boiling remove any extra foam on top, and let it boil on medium heat for 20-30 minutes and until the chicken is fully cooked.
- 3
Let chicken cool until it's safe to touch, remove bones, and shred chicken into small pieces.
- 4
Meanwhile, cook the rice separately.
- 5
Soak 1 cup of rice for about 10 minutes, then drain and rinse.
- 6
In a saucepan, heat 1 tablespoon of oil or butter, add rice, and ¼ teaspoon of salt, then add 1 cup of boiled water, and stir it.
- 7
Cover, and reduce heat to low, let it simmer for about 10-15 minutes.
- 8
Cut bread into bite-sized pieces and lightly toast them.
- 9
Pour chicken broth, crushed garlic, lemon juice, and salt over bread.
- 10
Mix everything well and layer at the bottom of a platter.
- 11
Layer rice on top of the bread, then spread the shredded chicken on top of the rice.
- 12
Sprinkle toasted almonds and pine nuts.