🇹🇷 Turkish

Chicken Musakka

Name: Chicken Musakka
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 500 g Chicken; to taste Salt; 2, chopped Onion; 4 cloves, minced Garlic; 3 medium, cubed Potato; 300 ml Tomato Sauce; 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 2, thickly sliced Carrot; 750 ml Stock or Broth; 1 tsp Urfa Pepper Flakes

🇹🇷 Turkish

Hearty and humble: chicken braised with vegetables until the broth turns silky and every spoonful comforts. 60 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 45 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Chicken500 g
Saltto taste
Onion2, chopped
Garlic4 cloves, minced
Potato3 medium, cubed
Tomato Sauce300 ml
Olive Oil2 tbsp
Carrot2, thickly sliced
Stock or Broth750 ml
Urfa Pepper Flakes1 tsp

Optional extras

Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Warm the Olive Oil in a heavy casserole and brown the chicken well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.
2
Lift the chicken out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the urfa pepper flakes.
3
Return the chicken, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.
4
Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.
5
Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh parsley right before serving.

Chef's tip

Taste and adjust the salt at the end; sauces concentrate as they reduce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Hearty Turkish Musakka (Moussaka) | Supergolden Bakes · on YouTube