🇹🇷 Turkish

Chicken Iskender-Style

Name: Chicken Iskender-Style
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 58 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 500 g Chicken; 200 g Yogurt; 50 g Butter; 200 ml Heavy Cream; to taste Salt; 1, sliced into rings Onion; 300 ml Tomato Sauce; 1 tbsp, for the dish Olive Oil; 100 g, grated Cheese; 1 tsp Urfa Pepper Flakes; 4 Flatbread

🇹🇷 Turkish

Iskender-style — chicken over torn flatbread with tomato sauce, yogurt and sizzling butter. 58 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 18 min Cook 40 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Chicken500 g
Yogurt200 g
Butter50 g
Heavy Cream200 ml
Saltto taste
Onion1, sliced into rings
Tomato Sauce300 ml
Olive Oil1 tbsp, for the dish
Cheese100 g, grated
Urfa Pepper Flakes1 tsp
Flatbread4

Optional extras

Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Heat the oven to 190°C and butter or oil a baking dish.
2
Layer the onion over the base, season, then nestle in the chicken.
3
Pour the cream around the edges, scatter over the cheese and the urfa pepper flakes.
4
Bake for 30-35 minutes until bubbling at the rim and burnished on top.
5
Rest for 5 minutes so it sets, then spoon out with the pan juices and plenty of black pepper.

Chef's tip

Every oven runs hot or cold; start checking 5 minutes early.

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Watch how it's made

Video: My Favorite Turkish Dish - Iskender Kebap | The Golden Balance · on YouTube