Freekeh with Chicken
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 chicken cut in quarters with skin and bones
- 2 cups green freekeh washed and soaked for 15 minutes
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon powder for freekeh
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder for freekeh
- 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper for freekeh
- Salt to taste
- 2 cubes chicken bouillon
- 3 1/2 cups boiling water for freekeh
- 1 cup fried almonds
- * You will use pinches of salt black pepper, cinnamon, and cardamom powder to sprinkle on the chicken.
Instructions
- In a pan, add butter and oil.
- Fry onions, when translucent add the chicken, skin down.
- Sprinkle cinnamon, salt, black pepper, and cardamom on chicken. When the bottom side of the chicken turns light red, flip and season the other side.
- Preheat oven to 392F/200C.
- Transfer chicken to a baking pan. Pour 1/4 cup boiling water in the baking pan, cover and bake chicken on middle rack until cooked, around 40 minutes.
- Drain freekeh and add to onion, keep stirring on medium heat, until freekeh dries a bit. Add the freekeh spices and stir for 1 minute.
- Add 3 1/2 cup boiling water to freekeh and the chicken bouillon. When it boils, cover tightly and continue cooking on low heat for 45 – 50 minutes. Check on freekeh every 15 minutes so it won't dry out and burn, but don't mix with spoon.
- Dish the freekeh onto serving plate, place the chicken on top, and garnish with fried almonds.