Authentic Maghrebi (Moghrabiya) – Moroccan-style Preparation

Ingredients

• Chicken, bone-in or boneless
• 1 kilo ready maghrebiya grains (miftoul)
• Half kilo small onions
• 1 cup chickpeas, or to taste
• 1 tablespoon caraway
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• A pinch of black pepper
• Salt
• Ghee or oil
• Recipe and method for maghrebiya from a friend and cook on Sho Tabkhin Today:
• Dalida Zaiter
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Method

1. Place the chicken in a pot and boil it with aromatics—bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, cardamom pods, nutmeg, and cloves; boil the chicken until fully cooked.
2. Meanwhile, put the dry maghrebiya grains in a pot with a spoon of oil and lukewarm water and boil them for about half the cooking time; before the maghrebiya (miftoul) finishes cooking, add a little ghee or oil and toss the grains briefly.
3. In a skillet, sauté the small onions in a little ghee or oil; stir the onions briefly, then add the cooked chickpeas, caraway, cinnamon, salt, and black pepper.
4. Next, drain the maghrebiya grains in a sieve; when the chickpeas and onions have come to a boil, add the chicken stock and let them simmer together to form the maghrebiya sauce.
5. Take half of the sauce and set it aside; in the first portion of sauce on the stove, add the maghrebiya grains until they are fully cooked. Place the maghrebiya in a baking dish, put the chicken on top, and bake briefly to brown the chicken a little.
6. Serve the remaining sauce hot with the maghrebiya when finished; you may also serve the maghrebiya without baking it if you prefer.
7. Recipe and method for maghrebiya from a friend and cook on Sho Tabkhin Today:
8. Dalida Zaiter
9. Click on Dalida's name to visit her page on our site and view her delicious recipes
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