Chicken tabaka ( ka, წიწილა ტაბაკა ''tsitsila tabaka'') or chicken tapaka ( ka, წიწილა ტაფაკა ''tsitsila tapaka'') is a traditional Georgian''Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Russian'', Smorodinskaya, Karen Evans-Romaine, Helena Goscilo, p. 380Goldstein, Darra. ''The Georgian Feast: The Vibrant Culture and Savory Food of the Republic of Georgia'', p. 102 dish of a pan-fried chicken which is also popular in other

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s. It also became a common restaurant dish in the

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and is found nowadays in many restaurants throughout

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and

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. The chicken is fried in a traditional frying pan called ''

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'' ( ka, ტაფა).MacVeigh, Jeremy (2008
''International Cuisine'', p. 221. Cengage Learning.
Google Books. Retrieved 16 October 2013. For frying thoroughly, the chicken is flattened out on the pan and pressed by a weight. In modern cookery, special pan sets with a heavy cover or with a

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are often used. Chicken tabaka is often seasoned with garlic or dressed with traditional Georgian sauces, such as bazhe, satsivi or tkemali. File:Chicken tabaka - Weight the chicken down.jpg, Weighing down the chicken on the pan File:Georgian chicken with hazelnuts.jpg, Chicken tapaka with hazelnut sauce

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