Roasted chicken with creamy walnut sauce
A Turkish dinner. Ready in about 1 hour 8 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 23 minPrep (about)
- 45 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 8 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 8 chicken thighs
Fresh & other
- 6 pita bread
- ½ cup + 2 tbsp chicken stock Shopping tip: Chicken broth (carton or can), or a chicken bouillon cube in hot water.
- 6 oz walnuts
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 3 ½ tbsp light cream Shopping tip: Half-and-half or light cream (UK: single cream).
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Handful cilantro
Sauces & oils
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Spices & seasonings (2): cumin, paprika
- 1 tsp cumin
- ½ tsp paprika
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Turn the oven on to 400°F (350°F for a fan oven).
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Toss seasoning, 1 tbsp olive oil, paprika, cumin and together the chicken in a roasting tin.
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Heat for 40 mins till the chicken is crisp and cooked through.
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While that cooks, tear up 1 pitta bread.
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Place in a small bowl.
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Pour over 2 tbsp chicken stock.
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Leave to soak.
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Dry-fry your walnuts in a frying pan for around 3 mins until golden and toasted.
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Set aside.
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Heat the remaining oil in the pan.
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Cook the onion and garlic until softened.
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Place most of the nuts, onion mixture and the softened pitta bread into a blender.
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Pour over the rest of your chicken stock and whizz together till a rough paste forms.
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Return the mixture to the pan.
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Add the cream and lemon juice, season.
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Keep warm.
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Wait until the chicken is cooked.
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Arrange on a platter.
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Stir the coriander through the sauce.
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Spoon into a bowl.
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Roughly chop the rest of the walnuts and scatter over the chicken.
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Toast the pittas.
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Cut into wedges.
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Serve alongside.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.