Eggs & Yogurt
Chicken with Toasted Bread & Yogurt
Fattet d’Jaj
فباب ذجذج
Serve it hot right away with plain rice and salad.
Procedure
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Rinse and dry chicken pieces. Pour oil into medium-sized skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken pieces, and cook 2 to 3 minutes on each side until light golden brown.
- Add 4 cups of water and increaseraise heat to high. Bring to a boil for 3 minutes, and use a spoon to discard the foam from the top.
- ReduceLower heat to medium and stir in salt, cinnamon stick, and black pepper. Cover and cook for 15 minutes, then turn off the heat.
- Meanwhile, break pita bread into ¾- inch pieces and place them in the baking an 11x7x1.5-inch pan. Toss bread pieces with olive oil untilto coat the coated. pieces of bread.
- Place the pan in the oven for 5 minutes until bread turns golden brown, stirring regularly to toast evenly, and set aside.
- In a bowl, combine yogurt, tahini, salt, garlic and vinegar and set aside.
- Scoop one1 cup chicken broth and pour over the toasted bread.
- Top it with the yogurt. Break chicken pieces and arrange over the yogurt, then sprinkle the top with allspice.
- Melt butter in a small pan over medium-high heat, add pine nuts and cook for 1 minute until they turn light golden brown. Watch carefully so they do not burn.
- Turn off heat, pour nuts over the chicken and serve.
Serve it hot right away with plain rice and salad.
Tip — Plain rice can be cooked at the same time or a few minutes before you start to cook the chicken.