In this video, I’m preparing a complete Turkish family meal featuring the classic dish, Tavuk Kapama – baked chicken with rice in the oven. I’ll also show you how to make Domatesli Şehriye Çorbası (tomato orzo soup) using leftover chicken broth, simple homemade dinner rolls, and a refreshing shepherd’s salad.
Along the way, we’ll explore how Tavuk Kapama is similar to ‘mişoriz,’ a dish from the Balkan countries, showing the rich cultural connection through food. Whether you’re new to Turkish cuisine or a seasoned home cook, this easy-to-follow recipe is sure to impress your family and friends!
In this video:
0:00 intro
0:38 How to make soft, homemade yeast rolls
1:18 Cutting and cooking a whole chicken in a pressure cooker
2:31 Shaping the dinner rolls
3:11 How to shorten the rising time of the shaped dough
3:38 The rice base
4:42 Assembling & baking chicken with rice
5:44 Preparing a light tomato orzo soup
7:33 Çoban Salata – Shepherd’s salad
8:00 Serving
Ingredients for easy dinner rolls:
2 cups lukewarm water (or use up to 1 cup of it milk)
1 tbsp sugar
20-30gr. fresh yeast or 1 package dry yeast
2 tsp salt
About 5+1/2 cups flour ( i used about 1 cup siyez wheat)
1/4 cup olive oil or vegetable oil
Ingredients for turkish chicken rice “Tavuk kapama” Chicken kapama
7-8 chicken drumstick or 1 whole chicken curbinto parts except breast
4-5 cups eater to boil chicken
2 bay leaves,
Pepper corns salt to taste for the broth
For the rice 2 + 1/2 cups of long grain rice (sokaed in warm salty wster for at least 30 min.
2 medium size onion
2 tbsp butter
2-3 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp sugar
1+1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp allspice
1 tsp black pepper
3+3/4 cup chicken broth
For the tomato vermicelli soup
2-3 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tbsp tomato paste
1-2 grated tomatoes
About 4 cup chicken broth
1 cup vermicelli rice
Black pepper
Salt to taste
Chopped parsley
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45 Comments
Mashaallah, a lovely dish, ❤ you
Bravo Ayşenur 👏👏👏
MashaAllah ❤❤❤
Beautiful variety of dishes
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This is such a wonderfully full meal that really utilizes all of the chicken and its juices. The chicken and rice dish sounds extra delicious and I love how you made a soup with the extra broth! ❤️ I make similar bread rolls regularly. I like having some water and some milk in the dough. I have started brushing the rolls with milk after they come out of the oven to give it an extra tender texture. Thank you for an inspiring video as always! ❤
Mashallah your recipe always likes in my family simple but delicious and easy thanks ayesha 🥰🥰🥰👌👌😊
I thought you Turks didnt eat rice cause you guys are European and not Asian. For us Asian, rice is life 😁
Looks delicious, simple and low cost!
Always looking for comforting meals for the family…thank you!
I often make your chicken and vermicelli soup, Aysenur. I love it! Will try this tomato soup as well. Thank you so much for sharing your recipes and travels!
As a Bulgarian i love both this salad and tomato and vermicelli soup they are a favourite
I like the Siyez poğaça never knew you had them in Turkey i have tried with bay leaves other kind of meat with rice but never chicken thank you for the idea
Can we use grain of allspice toasting the rice is a nice tip i like this way of doing Pilaf it's common in the Balkans
The tomato soup is delicious with butter mint and pul Viber even purple basil please try the orzo version also celery would be nice and carrots and pepper
I love Coban salad both with lemon and sumac or with pomegranate molasses and sumac
…great…next visitor’s visit…good idea…thank you…
Amazing
Thank you lovely sister for lovely recipes .which rice did you used
As always, delicious 🤤 ❤
Minunate mâncăruri ai pregătit şi azi! Mulțumesc ❤
So simple and easy to make. Thank you. Your chicken and rice dish reminds me of chicken biryani. Thank you for sharing. Have a great weekend.
What is the kind of rice used in this recipe? Is it baldo….? The rice here sticks to each other and make the pilav sticky so whats the trick to make it non sticky and the common measurements (ratio)( for rice and water)….
The reply will be very helpful for me.. thanks in advance
Lovely delicious meal you have cooked there Aysenur! I love the chicken rice and that delicious soup. 🍜 also great idea with the bread rolls especially when you run out of bread!🥯 Thank you for sharing with us this hearty meal. Just the kind of meals we will be cooking soon when winter comes. TC and God Bless ❤️🌹🇲🇹🥰
MashaAllah. Delicious meal.👍🥰
Aysenur, your food is so special and hopefully many people will get benefit to learn how to cook your delicious food. Thanks for sharing your knowdledge with everyone in this global village of Internet.
Good afternoon. Turkish cuisine is similar to Spanish cuisine in some basic ways. We too enjoy chicken and rice recipes and we love tomato soup! Thank you for sharing and may you and your family have a wonderful weekend.
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Shepherd salad is so yumm. I can't wait to try out the chicken and rice and tomato soup. Thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful weekend.
My friend is going to take me to some International markets and I was wondering what kind of spices I should pick up maybe you can help me with this please and thank you blessings to you and yours
I tried this chicken dish after i watched this, AMAZING, MUHTEŞEM!!🎉❤
Your recipes and instructions are always so excellent!❤❤
WHAT A LOVELY, HEALTHY MEAL. I LOOK FORWARD TO TRYING THIS MEAL.
I laughed so hard just now. You’re amazingly sweet and honest.
I will try!
Heres a tip to help The yeast dough rise faster. I ppace the bowl inside the oven while its off. But i turn on the light inside the oven so that the heat from the light warms up the bowl. My dough rises in an hr.
I was in Istanbul for a month and couldn’t find rice in any Turkish restaurant. I was miserable 😩. You are saying Turks eat rice? 😂
Thank you sister for sharing so much of your time and so many recipes. I have enjoyed your channel for about 2 years, and I often see recipes that remind me of Turkey – I love going there and only came back 2 weeks ago, but I miss it. The best way for me to connect when I am not there is through the food. I appreciate you and your passion for Turkish food.
Assalamualaikum.
Please tell me the flour brand name which is use you for baking item.
I live in İstanbul ❤
Simple and best recipes.will try it. Jazak Allah.❤
Best recipe ❤
Really so tempting mouthwatering recipe friend well prepared.. I love Turkish cuisine
Friend I have join u 🎁stay connected
Masha allha most beautiful turkish cusin wow so dilisous chiken shop with warmcil noodles wow cok cok your disis mam i m loving it wow i am trying this recipe