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The Arabic cuisine is mainly a combination of Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Indian food. It has been affected by the mingling of Arab and non-Arabs over the centuries.
Sumac is an essential ingredient and adds a tangy, lemony taste to the dishes. The dried plums are a popular cooking ingredient and impart a sweet and sour flavour. Serve the baked chicken breast with a side of couscous or steamed Basmati rice.
Arabic Style Baked Chicken With Dried Plums and Herbs
adapted from
Eat Smarter
- 400 g Chicken breast
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 tsp Paprika powder
- 1 tsp Sumac powder
- 250 g Onion
- 3-5 Cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 Organic lemon
- 1/2 bunch Chives
- 2 sprig Thyme
- 1 bunch Parsley
- 6 Dried plums
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
- 150 ml Chicken broth
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- Rinse and dry the chicken breast. Season the chicken breast well with salt, pepper, sumac and paprika powder. Cover and place in the refrigerator to marinate for at least one hour.
- Peel, and cut the onion into wedges. Slice each tomato into 4 wedges. Rinse the lemon clean with hot water. Finely grate the lemon zest and squeeze the juice.
- Wash, dry the chives, thyme and parsley. Cut the chives into rings and finely chop the parsley and thyme leaves. Cut the dried plums into smaller pieces. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet. Add in chicken breast and sear until golden on both sides.
In a baking dish, add in tomatoes, onions wedges, thyme, chives, half of the parsley, dried plums, lemon juice, zest and chicken broth. Place the pan-seared chicken breast fillets on top. Season with salt, pepper and paprika powder. Cover the baking dish with a piece of aluminum foil.
- Bake the chicken in the middle of the hot oven for about 40 minutes. Remove the aluminum foil after 30 minutes and continue to roast the chicken until done. Sprinkle the rest of parsley over and serve.
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Good Lord, you are killing me with this Angie...loooove your pics.
How did you know I was hungry? Lol. Funny you used dried plums, I was going to try my hand at drying some this summer. Now I know what I can do with them. I think maybe that olive bread would go along nicely with this.
-Gina-
Wow, what a delicious meal! We love baked chicken and this sounds amazing with dried plums!
Scrumptious and full of flavors!
Cheers,
Rosa
Very appetizing and wholesome dish , Angie ! Full of delicious flavor and nutritious as well :)
Gorgeous dish, and so healthy! Sumac adds a real zing to chicken, doesn't it?
Lovely ingredients. Would make a great dinner for me and my family....mmmm
This is a winner Angie, such a lovely combination of ingredients, to look at and to taste! Love sumac, it adds such a unique, delicious flavor!
Awesome dish . love it
Beautiful! I don't often cook chicken breasts but these look excellent.
Scrumity! Lovely combination of flavours.
Have a super weekend Angie.
:-) Mandy xo
Healthy and flavorful chicken dish, I like you add dried plums on this recipe,Thanks for note about "sumac" i've never heard of it :)
Delicious! Love that sour-tanginess of this!
That sounds like a wonderful way to prepare chicken.
Have a great weekend!
Wonderful Angie...a really delicious dish
Looks delicious, Angie. I like the lemony taste of sumac.
Such a gorgeous, healthy and I'm certain TASTY dish, Angie!
I love the combination of flavors, and I especially love fruit with chicken. Looks delicious.
Have a great weekend!
I love all the herbs and the plums - I bet they are yummy. Who could pass on such a beautiful dish - love chicken breasts so easy to make, serve and eat! Have a great weekend!
Love all the bright flavors paired with sweet rich plums, such a yummy dish Angie!
That looks so scrummy, I never cook with sumac before and I'd love to try it. Have a great weekend!
Awesome pictures! This looks so delicious.
I love learning about different spices. Sumac sounds very good. I love this kind of dish - healthy, light, great for the very warm weather right now!
It looks healthy and delicious.
I love this gorgeous, easy and summery chicken dish, Angie! It's so colorful and looks delicious!
This is interesting. Mmm...looks finger licking good!
Look delicious! que rico Angie!! look amazing!xo
Looks so simple but fresh and full of flavorful ingredients to infuse the chicken. Lovely.
A great chicken and I love it served on the salad. Ah sumac, it has been a while since I had some. I like the taste.
Love chicken made like this and this is so yummy looking.
I've just marinade my chicken breast this way Angie
what a coinsidence,
i think i'm in love with sumac too!
Wow! You have inspired me today! I am getting bored of eating the same food and something a little more exotic like this would do for me now. Bookmarking to try soon!
I would love to try sumac in a recipe. I've read so much about it. This chicken dish sounds packed with wonderful and healthy flavors!
That sounds delicious! I'm always looking for new ways to make chicken and this is a winner. Thanks for sharing this recipe with us Angie. Happy Friday! :)
I like serving chicken that's been roasted on top of something....sometimes as simple as a stuffing, sometimes a fruit mixture. Great idea to bake it over all the herbs. Bet it smelled wonderful while baking!
Muy rico y exótico me encanta esta versión aromátizada con hierbas,hugs.
That's look colourful and healthy! That's the kind of dish I would love to have over and over again!
Super yummy Baked Chicken...this looks tender and juicy too...
Angie, this looks amazing! And I love exotic recipes (Arabic, dried plums?!). This looks like it would melt in your mouth.
Dried plums sound so intriguing. I have never tried Arabic food before but seeing as its a combination of Mediterranean and Indian I certainly want to!
Delicious and flavorful baked chicken! Tempting clicks! :)
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Dear Angie, This chicken dish is delicious looking and very healthy. Blessings dearest. Catherine xo
Looks likes delicious and healthy dish - perfect for summer.
A delicious looking meal with beautiful photos, Angie! I love sumac…a very interesting spice.
Beautiful dish and so healthy too. I love dried plums, which amazingly used to be called prunes. Have a lovely weekend Angie.
Sam
I love the multiple flavours on this chicken and it looks divine on that bed of salad! Thanks for introducing new ingredients to me, this is the first time I have come across Sumac powder.
Angie this is an unusual one for you. It looks completely delicious to say the least
wooow...Angie drool worthy pics and a killer recipe....
I'm sure the Mediterranean spices give your chicken recipe a real pampering treat. Awesome recipe, Angie!
Wow! What a delicious and healthy looking dish... I love all the fresh flavours and Sumac is so good with chicken. YUM!
YUM! I do love a nicely spiced chicken!
We eat so much chicken-so I love getting new ideas for dinner-thanks this one looks so delicious;-)
such a fresh and vibrant chicken dish!! sounds AMAZING!!
Wow, Angie...that's a new one, CHICKEN! Absolutely creative, tasty, and totally delicious. Had to stop by and say 'hi'-bye'...on my way out!
This seriously looks amazing, I need to try this recipe. I am Gre always looking for new variations for chicken. Great work!
Arabic cuisine is one of the best in the world, no doubt. I would love to try your baked chicken sometimes, it looks divine Angie.
Oh, yum! I just bought a whole lot of chicken breasts, and didn't know what to do with them. Now I do, this looks great!!
Dear Angie,
My apetite is on now looking to your chicken !
So delicious !
Lovely photos !
Have a nice evening :)
I absolutely love the flavors of Arabic cooking- Simple but complex.
Awesome.
Velva
Mmm.. so spicy and healthy, just the thing to make for myself! And perfect to use the sumac too.
Superb!
Pinned it and tweeted it, it is healthy simple and I know a juicy and tender chicken breast when I see one, will try it :)
I can't say I've seen sumac at my favorite herb store. I'll have to hunt it down. I'm curious now. I love how fresh this dish looks!
THis is such a gorgeous dish, it's easy enjoy for week night supper and look fancy enough even with guests. :)
Even if it is chicken breast, it must be so flavorful with the herbs, spices and vegetables you are using.
I love chicken with fruit, but I never had it with plums! This sounds delish!
I LOVE this recipe. So flavorful and healthy. Well done.
Great looking chicken, I bet the plums and sumac make it really tasty. Lovely pictures. GG
Sounds wonderful Angie. Perfect for these summer evenings. I have not had sumac but, just seen it in another recipe, I'm going to have to find it soon :)
Angie, I love dried plums. And the sumac must pair so well with this. I can't wait to give this one a try. I'm almost believing you posted this just for me!
I'm curious about the dried plums Angie - are they like dried prunes? I love learning about different ethnic cuisines - thanks so much for sharing this recipe.
I've been favoring Middle Eastern/Moroccan spices for awhile and sumac is one of the spices that taste so exotic - I'm intrigued by the dried plums and will be trying this soon :) Beautiful, Angie!
Looks difficult, but isn't!? Hmm, I'll get back to you on that one when I make it - this is the perfect dish to really impress your guests (if indeed it's as easy as you say it is) because it's elegant and looks stunning! I think the photos look fabulous - sometimes we imagine things that we've lost to be better than they were - not minimizing your loss (what a nightmare!) but you know what I mean :)
Mouth-watering chicken Angie! I love how you spiced it up with the sumac and plums! Sweet and savory goodness.
@JeanetteI do think so. Prunes are a distinct type of plums.
The overall dish, photos and flavors is so tempting!!!
prunes with chicken? how interesting! i'm sure the prunes plump up a little, just enough to send a burst of flavor into your mouth as you eat them. very nice!
The chicken looks incredibly good.... I love the bed of greens it bakes on too!!
how can one not getting hungry looking at these?
Oh I love this recipe!Never tried Sumac before but will look for it now!I love the herbs and fruit with the Chicken and it look like a great family meal!
Oh this looks so wonderful, dried plums and chicken never tried combination would love too, hey look so inviting!
This chicken dish sounds wonderful, Angie. I have to remember to bring sumac up the the cottage in Maine when I restock my pantry.
I love Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and Indian foods, the flavours are wonderful This is a great dish that my husband and I would both enjoy. Thanks for sharing Angie!
This chicken looks delicious!!
The mix of sweet and savory has always been a favorite. There is a great Lebanese restaurant here that gives you packages of sumac for to go orders. Love it on chicken or fish!
I really love the combination of savoury and sweet from the middle east, it really hits my taste buds well.
OMG! The chicken looks absolutely delicious and tempting. Love the Arabic flavours.
I love the fresh flavors included in this dish! It is perfect with all the lovely variety of veggies at our local produce markets:-) Yum, Hugs, Terra
What a gorgeous meal and so simple too - I appreciate that. Gotta get me some sumac! ;0)
What a healthy and delicious chicken dish!
OMYgosh,
can I come to your house for dinner, please?!
What a delicious and heathy looking dish! I will have to try to make it for the family :)
Arabian, eh? It looks really good. Love the fact that it's baked - healthy and nicer but of course, the latter would depend on the marinades.
P.S.
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Great share, Angie. Being Arab myself, I adore sumac on chicken and love that you've used it here!
Dear Angie, I wish I had that for dinner tonight. It is a perfect meal!
Wishing you a Happy and very Blessed New Year!!
Catherine xo
Dear Angie, This looks so fresh and healthy and very delicious! Blessings, Catherine xo
Dear Angie, Looks delicious and healthy. A lovely meal to enjoy. Blessings, Catherine
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