Moghrabieh- Salt & Sweet

Super straightforward, and excellent for cooler temps, this Lebanese Moghrabieh Chicken Stew with chickpeas has a scrumptious mix of flavors and textures. It’s a wholesome dinner that’s brimming with irresistible Middle Eastern spices!

Moghrabieh Recipe

Moghrabieh is considered one of my favourite Lebanese dishes. It has a scrumptious mix of flavors and textures, it’s a wholesome dinner, and it’s brimming with these irresistible deliciously spiced Middle Eastern flavors.

This Lebanese Moghrabieh stew is filling, hearty, and completely spiced with an array of warming spices. This dish is loaded with Israeli couscous, tender chickpeas, delicate pearl onions, and shredded hen.

Pair this warming Lebanese stew with a lightweight and crunchy salad like this Lebanese Fattoush Salad or Lebanese Cabbage Salad.

What is Moghrabieh- Mograbieh?

Moghrabieh – Mograbieh – Mograbiah also referred to as pearl couscous, Lebanese couscous or big couscous, is just not really common couscous. It is extra of a cousin to couscous than precise couscous.

Moghrabieh- Lebanese couscous is a small, completely spherical pasta with a pleasant chewiness, made out of wheat semolina flour. You can discover these Lebanese pearls at any Middle Eastern/Mediterranean retailer or you may order it on-line.

It’s essential to get the bigger balls of couscous to suit the cooking time and texture of this recipe. Here is exactly the one I use.

What you Need to Make Chicken Moghrabieh:

• Mograbieh cume: Pearl couscous, also referred to as Israeli couscous.
• Chicken: I like to make use of hen thighs and legs on this recipe, as they are typically extra moist and tender than hen breasts, you may as well use an entire hen.
• Middle Eastern Spices: Moghrabieh spices will be discovered pre-mixed at any Middle Eastern grocery retailer or on-line, however can be quite simple to make at dwelling. You will want; floor caraway, floor all spice and floor cinnamon.
• Butter: One tablespoon for searing the Lebanese couscous.
• Onions: This recipe is authentically made with contemporary pearl onions. If you don’t have entry to pearl onions you should use common dimension onions minimize into cubes or frozen peal onion, which what I used right here.
• Chickpeas: Cooked chickpeas, you should use canned chickpeas to avoid wasting time or boil your individual.

How do you make Moghrabieh with Chicken:

Cook the Chicken:

• Place hen legs and thighs in a big pot over medium excessive warmth and add sufficient water to cowl the hen utterly.
• Bring hen to a boil, utilizing a big spoon, skim extra fats that rises to the highest.
• Add bay leaves if obtainable and cinnamon sticks for additional taste.
• Cover the pot, scale back warmth to medium low and let simmer till the hen is fork tender and cooked by means of. This will take about 40 minutes.
• Once the hen is cooked, add peeled pearl onions and prepare dinner for a further 5 minutes.
• Remove from warmth, preserve the pot coated so the onions proceed to prepare dinner for somewhat bit.
• Once hen is cooled sufficient to deal with, shred hen into coarse chucks and discard the bones and pores and skin. Set apart.
• Reserve each hen broth for cooking the moghrabieh pearls and onions for serving.

Mography

• In a big skillet over medium warmth, soften butter and add the Lebanese couscous, spices and salt. Mix properly and sear for five minutes.
• Pour reserved hen broth, simply sufficient to cowl the spiced moghrabieh.

• Add in cooked chickpeas, combine properly with the cooked moghrabieh pearls.

Prepare the Nuts Topping- if utilizing:

I used whole blanched almondshowever you should use another form of nut reminiscent of cashews.

• Place small pan over medium warmth, warmth olive oil for couple minutes.
• Add the almonds and stir continuously, till golden brown. This will take round 4 minutes.
• Remove from warmth and put aside.

Assemble and Lebanese Moghrabieh with Chicken:

Place the cooked moghrabieh and chickpeas in a serving plate, prime with a layer of coarse shredded hen, a layer of pearl onions after which sprinkle with almonds on prime.

Moghrabieh Tips

• Homemade broth. To add depth and richness to this stew, make your individual do-it-yourself hen broth . Add dry seasonings, like bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, nut meg, and cloves, to present it extra depth.
• Check the seasoning. If the moghrabieh lacks taste, it could simply want a pinch extra of salt and/or moghrabieh spices.
• Adjust the consistency. If you want your mograbieh somewhat extra skinny, add extra broth to skinny it out.
• Stir continuously. As the stew simmers, it’s essential to take off the lid and stir it continuously. Otherwise, the couscous tends to stay to the underside of the pot and develop into mushy.

How to Store Mograbieh:

Mograbieh will preserve for 3-4 days within the fridge saved in an air tight container. Try to retailer the hen and the moghrabieh in two separate containers. I really feel that its helps preserve the mograbieh from getting soggy.

You may also freeze this in a freezer-safe container for as much as 4 months.

More Lebanese Chicken Recipes, You’d Like:

Lebanese Lemon Chicken

Lebanese Chicken and Rice

Lebanese Chicken Shawarma

Chicken Bulgur Pilaf

Chicken Freekeeh

This Chicken Desert is an absolute delight! It’s full of shredded hen, pearl couscous, chickpeas and a wealthy and flavorful broth. Perfect for these in want of some consolation meals, this Lebanese stew is certain to hit the spot .

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