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    Home » Recipes » Appetizers & Snacks » Easy Chicken Fatteh (with various methods!)

    Easy Chicken Fatteh (with various methods!)

    4.86 from 7 votes
    July 17, 2020 (last updated October 2, 2022) by Amina Al-Saigh

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    Chicken Fatteh is a classic dish made up of a layer of crunchy pita, delicious shredded chicken, chickpeas, and a garlic yogurt sauce that brings it all together. It's truly a celebration of textures! You get crunchy, spicy, garlic-y, and lemony all in one bite.

    Arabic chicken fatteh in a dish, garnished with taosted almonds and parsley

    Fatteh originates from the levant and can usually be made with chicken, beef, eggplant, just chickpeas, with or without rice.... there are so many variations. This chicken fatteh recipe is one of my favourites! I also have an Eggplant Fatteh recipe if you were looking for a vegetarian version, along with the classic Chickpeas Fatteh.

    How to make chicken fatteh, step by step

    • This recipe starts with firstly getting the chicken boiling with whole spices until cooked. You can also use leftover rotisserie chicken; fatteh is a dish that is meant to use up leftovers!
    • Then preheat your oven, cut up your pita and toss with the olive oil and sumac, then bake until golden and crunchy
    • For this next step, I only do it if I have some extra time, to get more flavour into the chicken. But this is completely optional! Dice the onion and cook it until soft with the crushed garlic. When the chicken is cooked, shred and add to the onions, along with a can of drained chickpeas and the spices
    • The mixture cooks for a few minutes until everything is cooked through
    • The sauce comes together in 5 minutes when you're done cooking the chicken and chickpeas - just add all the ingredients and mix!
    • Layer starting with the pita, chicken mixture, yogurt, then the garnish. All done!
    Arabic chicken fatteh in a dish, garnished with taosted almonds and parsley

    Easy replacements for Chicken Fatteh

    • The way I usually cook the chicken is to boil it with whole cardamom, cinnamon sticks and bay leaves so the flavours infuse. I would then save the broth for a different use and shred the chicken for the fatteh
    • You can skip this step and use up leftover rotisserie chicken - feel free to use whatever you have on hand!
    • For the garnish, you can use almonds or pine nuts for the crunch. Pomegranate seeds are amazing but they are optional
    • Also, its common to add rice with chicken fatteh in some regions, so if you have some leftover rice, feel free to add a layer of that. I never say no to rice!
    Arabic chicken fatteh in a dish, garnished with taosted almonds and parsley

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    Arabic chicken fatteh in a dish, garnished with taosted almonds and parsley

    Arabic Chicken Fatteh with Chickpeas

    This Arabic Chicken Fatteh dish is so easy to make and FULL of texture. Crunchy pita, perfectly seasoned chicken and chickpeas, smooth garlic tahini yogurt, and topped off with crunchy almonds and parsley. It's a party in your mouth. MUST make!
    4.86 from 7 votes
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    Course: Main
    Cuisine: middle eastern
    Keyword: Chicken Fatteh, Fatteh
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 45 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour
    Servings: 6 servings
    Calories: 740kcal
    Author: Amina Al-Saigh

    Ingredients

    For the Chicken & Chickpeas:

    • 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 Lebanese seven spice replace with allspice if unavailable
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • ½ teaspoon black pepper

    For the Pita:

    • 4 round pitas 8" in size
    • ½ cup olive oil
    • 2 teaspoons sumac

    For the Yogurt Sauce:

    • 2 cups plain yogurt 3% fat preferred
    • ½ cup tahini paste
    • 1 garlic clove
    • ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
    • Juice of 1 lemon
    • 1-2 tablespoons water

    For the Garnish:

    • ¼ cup slivered almonds or pine nuts
    • 2 tablespoons olive oil for the nuts
    • ¼ cup parsley finely chopped
    • ¼ cup pomegranate seeds optional

    Instructions

    For the Pita:

    • Preheat oven to 425F
    • Cut the pita into 1 inch squares and coat well with the olive oil and sumac
    • Lay them in one layer on a baking sheet and bake for 10-12 mins or until golden (OR fry in a non stick pan on the stove in batches without overcrowding and continue stirring until golden)

    For the Chicken:

    • Wash the chicken and place in a pot covered with water along with the whole cardamom, cinnamon stick and bay leaves (see notes)
    • Boil for about 30 minutes until cooked. Drain and cool (save the broth for soup!)
    • Shred the chicken into bite size pieces using your hands
    • Dice the onion and crush the garlic. Drain and wash the chickpeas
    • In a non-stick skillet, add the oil, diced onion, and crushed garlic cloves. Cook for 5-7 minutes until onions are soft
    • Add the shredded chicken and the drained and washed chickpeas, along with the seven spice and salt and pepper
    • Mix well and cook for 10 minutes until flavours are combined. Taste and adjust the salt and pepper
    • For the sauce, add all the ingredients to a bowl and mix well. Taste and adjust for salt
    • Toast the almonds or pine nuts in a skillet with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Stir constantly to ensure they toast evenly and don't burn
    • Finely chop the parsley
    • Layer the fatteh starting with the pita, then the chicken and chickpeas mixture, then the yogurt sauce
    • Add the parsley, almonds and pomegranate seeds and serve immediately

    Notes

    • Instead of cooking the chicken from scratch, you can also use leftover rotisserie chicken that is shredded in this recipe
    • Boiling the chicken with the whole spices infuses a delicious flavour, however you can also cut the chicken into bite sized pieces and pan fry them, remove from pan, add the onions, then continue following the recipe steps. This cuts down on time!

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 740kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 50g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Monounsaturated Fat: 28g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 154mg | Sodium: 964mg | Potassium: 746mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 346IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 207mg | Iron: 3mg
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    1. Ally says

      March 06, 2021 at 6:11 pm

      5 stars
      Thanks for a recipe which is easy to follow, second time making it and it's just lovely.

      Reply
      • Amina says

        March 10, 2021 at 5:32 pm

        I'm so glad to hear Ally - thanks for the feedback!

        Reply
    2. Alliya says

      December 26, 2020 at 5:04 pm

      5 stars
      Made this yesterday and the family all loved it!! Such an easy recipe to follow. Will deffo be making this again! Thanks Amina. Alliya (London,UK) x

      Reply
      • Amina says

        December 30, 2020 at 2:48 am

        Awesome to hear, thank you Alliya! 🙂

        Reply
        • Sam says

          October 04, 2022 at 1:30 pm

          5 stars
          I love fatteh. I usually make the chicken version every month or so. Great job Amina! Next time I'll try your recipe for sure.

        • Amina Al-Saigh says

          October 06, 2022 at 3:51 am

          That's awesome! Fatteh is the best! Thanks Sam.

    3. Sharika says

      October 15, 2020 at 6:44 am

      5 stars
      So easy to make and so yummy!

      Reply
      • Amina says

        October 21, 2020 at 1:45 am

        So glad you enjoyed it Sharika! 🙂

        Reply

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