🇹🇷 Turkish

Chicken Tava

Name: Chicken Tava
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 33 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 500 g Chicken; for deep-frying Vegetable Oil; 2, beaten Eggs; 100 g All-Purpose Flour; 150 g Breadcrumbs; 1 tsp Urfa Pepper Flakes

🇹🇷 Turkish

Golden, crackling-crisp fried chicken with a soft interior — impossible to eat just one. 33 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 18 min Cook 15 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

Chicken500 g
Vegetable Oilfor deep-frying
Eggs2, beaten
All-Purpose Flour100 g
Breadcrumbs150 g
Urfa Pepper Flakes1 tsp

Optional extras

Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Pat the chicken dry and season with the urfa pepper flakes and a little salt.
2
Set up a breading line: flour, then beaten egg, then breadcrumbs — press the crumbs on firmly.
3
Heat 4-5 cm of oil to 180°C; a breadcrumb dropped in should sizzle straight away.
4
Fry the chicken in small batches until deep golden, 3-4 minutes per batch.
5
Drain on a rack, never on paper, and serve hot with dried oregano scattered over.

Chef's tip

Keep the oil at a steady 180°C — too cool and the coating goes greasy.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Chicken Tava - Κοτόπουλο Ταβάς - Slow cooked roasted Chicken and potatoes in tomato sauce · on YouTube