Recipe

Exotic Zatar Chicken Recipe

	Midgelet / All my dishes 5 months, 1 week ago Exotic, middle eastern flavor and recipe for zatar, a middle easterm popular spice blend made of ground up herbs and spices.Zatar is fabulous to flavor salad dressing, topping breads, vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers, mixed into thick yoghurt ... More Prep:10m Cook:45m Servings:4	Midgelet
	middleeastern chickenpoultry sesemeseeds thyme sumac

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Ingredients

1, 3 to 4 lb chicken cut up

Olive oil

Basic Za'tar :

1/2 cup dried hyssop (or thyme)

1/4 cup sumac

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup chopped parsley

2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds

Other additions: cumin, corriander, mint, fennel, fenugreek, parsley, oregano, dried lemon peel

Directions

Cut up chicken

coat in olive oil and then in spices.

Place in ziplock bag and marinate several hours over overnight

Remove from bag, add more zatar if desired and salt and pepper

Roast 425F , 40 minutes or done and crisp and golden

Zatar:

Preheat the oven to 350° F.

Put the sesame seeds on a small sheet pan or pie plate and toast for 6 minutes. Combine hyssop or thyme, sumac, salt, parsely, and sesame seeds and grind into a fine powder in a spice mill.

Store in an airtight container for up to 3 to 4 months.

Vary herb and spices for other exotic flavors

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