Emergency Landing Tabouleh
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TypeMain course
Serves4 people
DateSeptember 30, 2026
A chicken dive on tabouleh, with carrot as emergency signal: tension served on your plate.
A sharp tabouleh with grilled chicken fillet as the airplane, carrot as the dive path, and lemon as the emergency signal. The chicken lies diagonally atop a mountain of fresh, tangy tabouleh, with a bright carrot strip marking the dive. The silhouette of a descending plane, full of tension, refers to the hijack alert and emergency landing.
Ingredients
- 700 g chicken breast
- 200 g bulgur
- 1 cucumber
- 3 tomatoes
- 1 bunch parsley
- 1 bunch mint
- 2 lemons
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 carrots
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 red onion
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp pul biber (or chili flakes)
- salt and pepper
Method
- Cook the bulgur according to package instructions and let cool.
- Finely chop the cucumber, tomatoes, red onion, parsley, and mint.
- Mix the bulgur with the chopped vegetables and herbs.
- Squeeze the lemons and mix the juice with olive oil, pressed garlic, cumin, pul biber, salt and pepper for a dressing.
- Mix the dressing through the tabouleh and let it marinate for at least 30 minutes.
- Cut the chicken breasts into long, slightly diagonal strips. Season with salt, pepper, and a bit of lemon juice.
- Grill the chicken strips on high heat until cooked and lightly browned.
- Peel the carrots and cut them into long, thin strips.
- On each plate, make a mound of tabouleh. Lay a chicken strip diagonally over the tabouleh as a descending airplane.
- Lay a carrot strip diagonally next to the chicken as a dive path. Garnish with a lemon slice as an emergency signal.
Serving notes
- Serve with extra lemon wedges for added tang and tension.
- Sprinkle extra pul biber over the chicken for more heat.
- Arrange the plates so the airplane clearly dives toward the edge.