Sauté of Chicken with Lemon and Turmeric Sauce

Name: Sauté of Chicken with Lemon and Turmeric Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Egyptian
Ingredients: 6 tomatoes, finely chopped; 2 cups cooked chickpeas; 2 onions, finely diced; a handful of finely chopped fresh coriander; groundnut oil; 1 corn-fed chicken, jointed into 4 portions; sea salt and black pepper; yoghurt mixed with chopped fresh mint, to serve; 1½ tsp ground cumin; 4 cloves of garlic, crushed; 4 heaped tbsp ground turmeric; 600 ml/1 pint fresh lemon juice; 1½ tsp ground coriander

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd Around the Med

By Keith Floyd

Published 2000

About

Ingredients

1 corn-fed chicken, jointed into 4 portions
groundnut oil
2 onions, finely diced
4

Africa
Egypt
Starter
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

Fry the chicken pieces in groundnut oil until they are crisp and golden, then stir in the onions and garlic and continue cooking until they begin to colour. Season with salt and pepper. Now stir in the turmeric, cumin and coriander and make sure the chicken pieces are well coated with the spices. If this concoction is very dry, add a little more oil, as you must gently cook the spices for anoth