Rice with Chicken and Yoghurt

Fattet Djaj

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      1 hr 50

Appears in
Classic Palestinian Cuisine: 25th Anniversary Edition

By Christiane Dabdoub Nasser

Published 2026

  • About

Nutritious and filling, this dish is served with tabun bread soaked in chicken broth. I prefer to use tannur bread – usually about 30cm (12 inches) in diameter, it is flat, lighter and thinner than tabun, and spongy enough to absorb the broth. Pitta bread can be a good substitute. Palestinians have traditionally served their favourite dishes with different breads, which isn’t unusual in a country that has witnessed long stretches of hunger. It can be served with plain yoghurt or laban m’tha