Maftoul
Hand-rolled Palestinian couscous tossed with tender chicken and chickpeas in a warmly spiced cinnamon broth. This recipe was created by AI, some information may not be accurate.
- Servings
- 6
- Difficulty
- Medium
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Ingredients
- 400 g maftoul couscous
- 1.4 kg whole chicken
- 250 g cooked chickpeas
- 2 pc onions
- 60 ml olive oil
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground allspice
- 1 pc cinnamon stick
- 2 tsp salt
- 1½ l water
Steps
- Brown the chicken pieces in olive oil with sliced onion, then add water and cinnamon stick.
- Simmer for 50 minutes until tender, then strain and reserve 800 ml of broth.
- Steam the maftoul over the gently simmering broth for 25 minutes until plump.
- Toss the steamed maftoul with olive oil, allspice and salt.
- Warm the chickpeas in some broth with cumin and turmeric.
- Pile the maftoul on a platter, arrange the chicken and chickpeas on top and ladle hot broth around.
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