Egyptian Chicken Recipes

Egyptian cuisine — Koshari, ful medames, molokhia — ancient recipes from the Nile valley — brings its own distinctive techniques and seasonings to every ingredient it touches. When Egyptian cooks work with chicken, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are frying, simmering, boiling and marinating.

The world's most-cooked protein — mild, lean and endlessly adaptable to almost any spice profile or cooking method. In this collection it's most often cooked with garlic, ground coriander, lemon juice, olive oil, ground cumin and plain yogurt. The dishes here span egyptian classics ready in as little as 30 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.