Chtitha

Name: Chtitha
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Algerian
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken, cut into pieces; 4 tomatoes, chopped; 6 cloves garlic; 2 tbsp harissa

شطيطحة/shtee-TAH-hah/

About this dish

A spicy tomato and garlic stew, typically made with chicken or fish.

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Ingredients

🍗1 whole chicken, cut into pieces

🍅4 tomatoes, chopped

🧄6 cloves garlic

🌶️2 tbsp harissa

Method

Serves 2

Brown the chicken with garlic.

Add tomato and harissa, and simmer until the sauce thickens.

Continue cooking until the chicken is fully cooked and the sauce is rich and red.

Season with salt and caraway.

Serve with bread.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Chtitha is a traditional Algerian dish, especially popular in the Constantine region, valued for its bold, spicy tomato sauce.

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