Mains
ChefOla Faour
Freekeh with Chicken
Freekeh with chicken is a delicious dish prepared like bulgur or rice but it needs more water and longer cooking time. Freekeh is nutritious and tasty with chicken or lamb.
Freekeh with chicken... beloved by many, it s a healthy meal because freekeh grains are very nutritious
Ingredients
Start here, then move straight into the method.
- 1 kg freekeh
- chicken thighs
- 1 onion
- seasonings for boiling the chicken
- ghee or butter
- salt to taste
- toasted or fried nuts for serving
- For more easy and tasty chicken recipes, see the following link: How to prepare Shish Taouk
- To make crispy chicken Esraa's way, see How to make crispy chicken
Method
Follow the cooking sequence without leaving the page.
- Clean the chicken well and wash it, then boil it with aromatics; remove the scum that appears on the surface when it boils — either skim off the scum or discard the water after the scum appears — then wash the thighs well, submerge them in fresh water, and boil them with aromatics
- In a pot, place the finely chopped onion with the ghee and sauté until softened
- Add the well-washed, drained freekeh and adjust the salt; stir with the onion so the freekeh absorbs the ghee
- Add the chicken stock so it covers the freekeh and rises about 2 cm above it
- Reduce the heat, cover the pot, and let the freekeh cook for about half an hour on low heat; check the grains during cooking by uncovering the pot and add chicken stock whenever the freekeh needs it
- Transfer the freekeh to a serving dish and arrange the chicken with fried nuts on top
- To make crispy chicken Israa's way, here is the method for crispy chicken
Recipe tags
MainsInternationalGluten freeNut freeEgg free
Notes and serving ideas
- How to prepare Shish Taouk
- How to make crispy chicken
