Cheaters Circassian Chicken (Cerkez Tavugu)

This has to be one of my favorite dishes, but most people only make it for special occasions. I created my own recipe that is easy enough for every day.

Ingredients:

• 1 pound of chicken (breasts are fine, but usually it's better on the bone)
• 1 cube of chicken stock
• 1/4 onion, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1/2 loaf of day old french bread (leave it out to sit for a day so it gets dry)
• 2 handfuls of walnuts
• Walnut oil or olive oil (optional)
• Sweet pepper powder (optional)

Cheating the Chicken:

• In a large pot, boil enough water with the cube of chicken stock to fully cook the chicken
• Remove the chicken from the water and allow to cool
• Sautee the chopped onion
• In a food processor, chop the walnuts, onion and garlic
• Remove some of the broth from the water that was used to cook the chicken and in a separate bowl, pour the milk and enough stock to get the bread soggy
• Combine the bread into the walnut mixture in the food processor
• When the chicken has cooled, remove it from the bone and shred into small pieces
• Throw that all into the food processor (you may need to add a splash more of the broth and milk)
• Swish it all around
• Transfer to a serving tray 
• (Optional) in a small shallow skillet, on low heat take about 1/4 cup of walnut oil and a teaspoon of sweet pepper powder and when the oil starts to turn reddish, drizzle over the cerkez tavugu

Afiyet olsun!