Chicken_Moghrabiyeh#Lebanese_Couscous

Name: Chicken_Moghrabiyeh #Lebanese_Couscous
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken chopped as desired; 1 kg Moghrabiyeh; 2 cups chickpeas (soak overnight night); 1 kg small onions (chopped); 4 tbsp oil; 1 tbsp ghee; 1 tbsp caraway; 1 tsp cinnamon powder; 1 tsp salt; 8 cups water; stick Cinnamon; 3 bay leaves; 4 cardamom seeds; 2 tbsp ghee and oil; 1 tbsp caraway; 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder; 1 cup fried nuts

Tripolitan Cuisine @cook_16360859

Tripoli

Chicken_Moghrabiyeh#Lebanese_Couscous

Tripolitan Cuisine @cook_16360859

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Ingredients

1whole chicken chopped as desired
1 kgMoghrabiyeh
2 cupschickpeas (soak overnight night)
1 kgsmall onions (chopped)
4 tbspoil
1 tbspghee
1 tbspcaraway
1 tspcinnamon powder
1 tspsalt
8 cupswater
spices used to boil the chicken:
stickCinnamon
3bay leaves
4cardamom seeds
To cook Moghrabiyeh:
2 tbspghee and oil
1 tbspcaraway
1/2 tspcinnamon powder
To garnish:
1 cupfried nuts

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Steps

1

Clean the chicken
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In a suitable pot, pour 8 cups of water and add the chicken
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When boiled, remove the foam that appears on the surface
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Add the spices, mentioned above
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Add caraway and cardamom
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Add chickpeas and onions
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Keep on low heat for 40 mins
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Put the Moghrabiyeh in a aluminium strainer (same size as the chicken pot) above the chicken pot
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Keep it for 15 mins while stirring continuously using a fork
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Remove the Moghrabiyeh from the strainer and put in another pot, add the ghee, and salt, keeping on a low heat for 15 mins
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Pour above some chicken broth and stir continuously until it’s tender
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Add spices (caraway and cinnamon powder) and mix well
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Remove the chicken and separate from the bones, then chop into medium size pieces.
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Transfer the Moghrabiyeh to a serving dish, place the chicken pieces, onion, and chickpeas.
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Garnish with fried nuts
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Served with chicken-chickpeas and onion
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Sauce:
melt 1 tbsp of corn starch in 1/4 cup of water
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Pour a suitable quantity of broth (has some chickpeas and onions)
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Keep on stove until well consist.
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By: Norma Al Ali