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Middle-Eastern chicken

Spice up your chicken with the enchanting flavours of the Middle East.

Spiced spatchcock chicken, quince glaze and bejewelled rice

by Sabrina Ghayour

Spatchcocking a chicken makes it much quicker to cook – this flavourful chicken and rice can be on the table in less than an hour.

Main course

Oven-cooked chicken shawarma

by Nigella Lawson

Baharat chicken with orzo salad and tabbouleh

by Dr Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed

Turkish spiced chicken with flatbreads and green relish

Pomegranate and sumac roast chicken

Fesenjoon

Easy chicken shawarma

by The Hairy Bikers

Easy chicken tagine

by Simon Rimmer

Cumin and yoghurt chicken with cucumber and dill salad

by Rachel Allen

Slow cooker chicken with lemon and olives

Za’atar chicken with chickpeas and garlic yoghurt

by Nigel Slater

Ras-el-hanout chicken wraps with a yoghurt sauce

by Sabrina Ghayour

Frying pan chicken shawarma with lentil salad

by Dr Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed

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