Freekeh with Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 kg freekeh
• chicken thighs
• 1 onion
• seasonings for boiling the chicken
• ghee or butter
• salt to taste
• toasted or fried nuts for serving
• Recipe and method for freekeh with chicken from a friend and cook on Shou Tabkhin Today:
• Esraa Salem Al-Samak
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• 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

1. 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
2. In a pot, place the finely chopped onion with the ghee and sauté until softened
3. Add the well-washed, drained freekeh and adjust the salt; stir with the onion so the freekeh absorbs the ghee
4. Add the chicken stock so it covers the freekeh and rises about 2 cm above it
5. 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
6. Transfer the freekeh to a serving dish and arrange the chicken with fried nuts on top
7. Recipe by Israa Salem Al-Samak
8. For more easy and delicious chicken recipes, here is the link: How to make shish tawook
9. To make crispy chicken Israa's way, here is the method for crispy chicken