Exciting, tasty, exotic, and easy! These words perfectly describe this wonderful chicken dish.
The recipe comes from Berglind Guðmundur’s workshop on GRGS .is and is a real genius as she is expected to be.
All of a sudden a dish of chicken from the Middle East
For 3-4
- 1 kg chicken thighs
- 500 g carrots, cut lengthwise into pieces
- 1/2 red onion, cut into slices
- 2 tbsp. za’atar *
- 1 lemon, rind and juice
- sea salt and black pepper
- 2 tsp. honey
- olive oil
- 60 g feta cheese
- 40 g pistachios (or pine nuts)
- 1 Avacado
- rock salad
Method:
Combine chicken thighs, carrots, onions, za’atar, lemon zest, salt and pepper, honey and 4 tablespoons olive oil in a bowl and mix well. This can be done 6-8 hours before the chicken is cooked.
Heat oil in a pan and brown the chicken and vegetables in portions (note not to overload the pan)
Place in a hot oven at 160 ° C for 10-15 minutes or until the vegetables start to soften and the chicken is cooked through.
Take the chicken out of the oven and squeeze half a lemon juice over the chicken.
Mix feta cheese and pistachios in a bowl with 2 teaspoons of olive oil. Pour over the chicken dish.
Finally, add slices of Avacado and rock salad.
Za’atar is a spice from the Middle East that is available in some stores, for example from the Spice House. But it is also easy to do it yourself.
Za’atar
1 tbsp. thyme
1 tbsp. cumin (not cumin)
1 tbsp. coriander
1 tbsp. roasted sesame seeds
1 tbsp. sumac (I sometimes skip)
1/2 tsp. sea salt
1/4 tsp. chili flakes
