====== Tavuklu Tirit ====== ---- Turkish Chicken with Tomato Sauce and Yogurt over Bread This is a bit like Iskender kebab, only with chicken! ===== Ingredients: ===== * stale bread (2-3 cups, enough to serve as a bed for the chicken) * 2 cups yogurt mixed with 2 tsp minced garlic * 2 chicken breasts (or 6 chicken thighs), chopped * 1 onion * 3 tomatoes * 1/2 cup vegetable oil * 2 tsp paprika / red pepper flakes * 2 tsp dried mint * 2 tsp thyme * salt ===== Directions: ===== - Heat 1/4 cup oil and cook chicken thoroughly. - Add salt, paprika, and pepper flakes. Remove from heat. - Chop stale bread into bite-sized pieces. Bake at 200 °C (400 °F) for 10 min. - Heat remaining oil and saute onions. - Add tomatoes, cook 10 min. - Add salt, mint, and thyme. Cook 2 min, remove from heat. - Serve: bread (bottom) --> tomato sauce --> yogurt --> chicken (top)