Tavuklu Tirit

Turkish Chicken with Tomato Sauce and Yogurt over Bread

This is a bit like Iskender kebab, only with chicken!

• 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

1. Heat 1/4 cup oil and cook chicken thoroughly.
2. Add salt, paprika, and pepper flakes. Remove from heat.
3. Chop stale bread into bite-sized pieces. Bake at 200 °C (400 °F) for 10 min.
4. Heat remaining oil and saute onions.
5. Add tomatoes, cook 10 min.
6. Add salt, mint, and thyme. Cook 2 min, remove from heat.
7. Serve: bread (bottom) –> tomato sauce –> yogurt –> chicken (top)