Freeke
Freeke also spelled freekeh, freeka or freeki is a famous main dish in Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. Try this wonderful freeke recipe.
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 1 Chicken (Cut into 8 pieces)
- 4 cups of freekeh corn
- 4 cups of chicken stew
- 2 tablespoons of cooking fat
- 2 laurel leaves
- Pinch of cardamom
- pinch of cinnamon
- pinch of cumin
- pinch of black pepper
- 4 tablespoons of almonds and pine nuts each
- Cook the chicken in the stew.
- When done take it out and cook it in the oven till it gets a golden color.
- Put the cooking fat in the cooking pan under meduim fire.
- When it melts add the Freek corn (after it's well rinsed), until it's dry.
- Add all the spices and keep stirring for few minutes.
- Add the chicken stew to the Freek corn.
- When the stew starts to boil, cover the pan, decrease the fire to low, and cook for 30 minutes until the freek corn is well done.
- Fry the almonds and pine nuts until they get a golden color.
- When the Freek is ready poutit into the serving dish and add the roasted chicken over it.
- Cover with the fried almond and pine nuts.
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