Chicken Savoury Pudding

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4-6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Egypt: Recipes and stories from an ancient land

By Suzanne Zeidy and Rawah Badrawi

Published 2026

  • About

Talented cook and consummate host Ramza El Gammal adds her special touch to this Ottoman recipe inherited from her mother.

Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken
  • 1 carrot, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1 celery, roughly chopped

Method

Place the whole chicken in a large pot and add the carrot, celery, onion, bay leaves, parsley, cardamom and peppercorns, then cover with cold water. Bring the water to a boil over high heat, then immediately reduce to a simmer and cook for at least 1 hour, or longer for a richer broth. Remove the chicken from the pot, then once cool enough to handle take the meat off the bones, discarding the s