Casserole of Okra with Chicken

Name: Casserole of Okra with Chicken (Piliçli Bamya Güveci)
Yield: To Serve 4
Cuisine: Turkey
Ingredients: 500 g/1 lb okra; 4 small chicken breasts; 50 g/2 oz cooking fat or butter; 200 g/7 oz onions, chopped; 25 ml/1 fl oz lemon juice; rice pilaf; ½ tsp salt or to taste; 300 g/1 oz tomatoes, peeled, deseeded and chopped; 25 g/1 oz green pepper, chopped

Piliçli Bamya Güveci

Preparation info

To Serve
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Nevin Halici's Turkish Cookbook

By Nevin Halici

Published 1989

About

Ingredients

4 small chicken breasts
500 g/1 lb okra
50

Asia
Turkey
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Prepare the okra and soak for 30 minutes as described on p.91.

Melt the fat in a pan, add the chicken breasts and fry on both sides for 5 minutes. Add the onions and fry for 3–4 minutes. Pour on 200 ml. 1/3 pint boiling water, cook for 15 minutes and transfer to an iron casserole.