Hungry Paprikas· by Amina Al-Saigh★ 4.9 (11)

Arabic Chicken Fatteh with Chickpeas

Name: Arabic Chicken Fatteh with Chickpeas
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 6, 6 servings
Cuisine: middle_eastern
Ingredients: 2 lbs boneless chicken thighs or legs (bone-in chicken works too, or pre-cooked leftover rotisserie chicken); 3 green cardamom; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 bay leaves; 1 can chickpeas; 1 onion; 2 garlic cloves; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2.5 teaspoon seven spice (replace with allspice if unavailable); 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; 4 round pitas (8" in size); 1/2 cup olive oil; 2 teaspoons sumac; 2 cups plain yogurt (3% fat preferred); 1/2 cup tahini; 1 garlic clove; 1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste); Juice of 1 lemon; 1-2 tablespoons water; 1/4 cup slivered almonds or pine nuts; 2 tablespoons olive oil (for the nuts); 1/4 cup parsley (finely chopped); 1/4 cup pomegranate seeds (optional)

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Crispy pita, seasoned chicken and chickpeas, and silky tahini yogurt sauce topped with almonds and pomegranate. A textured Middle Eastern main dish.

Ingredients

6 SERVINGS

2 lbboneless chicken thighs — or boneless chicken legs or bone-in chicken or pre-cooked leftover rotisserie chicken
3green cardamom
1cinnamon stick
2bay leaves
1 canchickpeas — canned
1onion
2garlic cloves
2 tbspolive oil
2½ tspseven spice — or allspice
1 tspsalt
½ tspblack pepper
4round pitas
½ cupolive oil
2 tspsumac
2 cupsplain yogurt
½ cuptahini
1garlic clove
½ tspsalt
1lemon
1–2 tbspwater
¼ cupslivered almonds — or pine nuts
2 tbspolive oil
¼ cupparsley — finely chopped
¼ cuppomegranate seeds — optional

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Method

1h total

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Vitamins & minerals

Potassium: 898mg
Calcium: 237mg
Iron: 5mg

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Arabic Chicken Fatteh with Chickpeas

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