Nigella's Za'atar Chicken

Haven't tried this version yet, but I shall. My version, given me by my daughter in the USA, uses a crock pot or slow cooker and is quite delicious and extremely easy -

1 cup dried pitted prunes

1 cup dried apricots

1 (2.5 ounce) jar green pitted Spanish olives, no pimento, drained

1 tablespoon Za%u2019atar spice

1 teaspoon tumeric

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon onion powder

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 ½ tablespoons olive oil

2 teaspoons dried oregano leaves


1. You may remove the skin from the chicken if desired

2. Fill the bottom of your crock pot with a combination of the dried prunes and apricots in a single layer. Top with the olives.

3. In a small bowl, mix the Za%u2019atar spice, tumeric, cumin, onion powder, garlic powder, and olive oil. Stir to make a paste. Rub the paste all over each piece of chicken. Lay the chicken on the olives, the parts may overlap.

4. Sprinkle with the oregano leaves.

5. Cover, and cook on low for 6 hours; do not overcook or the white meat will be very dry.

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I really liked this recipe. I did change the oil, reducing it to about 2 tablespoons, and cooked it for about 35 minutes only. (I used bone in skin on chicken breasts) I gave it 4 stars because I would never use that much oil, but it is a recipe that I will make again. Thanks for posting.

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Made this for Thanksgiving since my family dislikes turkey. Marinated it overnight and it was very juicy. But 4 stars since I did not use salt. Thanks!!!

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This was very good but I did things a little differently. I didnt marinate for 2 hrs/overnight. I sprinkled the chicken heavily with the za'atar after pouring olive oil over all the pieces. YUM! This was my 1st time using that spice but not my last. THanks!

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I'm so used to just use za'atar with bread or bread substitutes that it never occured to me to use it with meat or fish! When I browsed for za'atar recipes here on zaar to see if my own version is already posted I found a bunch of recipes using za'atar as a rub for fish or meat. So I decided to give this a try - and WOW! This is so simple, and yet so good! Made it with my za'atar mix which I just posted and enjoyed it very much! Thanks for this great idea!

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