🇯🇴 Jordan
Freekeh with Chicken
In Jordan freekeh often stands in for rice at big lunches — a soupier, comforting pot that welcomes whoever knocks.
🔪 Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 70 min📈 Difficulty: Medium
Cooking for
6 people
✨ What makes it special
Cooked looser and brothier, sometimes with lamb instead of chicken, and always with cardamom in the pot.
Ingredients
- 1 chicken (or 800 g lamb)
- 400 gfreekeh
- 5 podscardamom
- 1 tspturmeric
- 1 onion
- 2 tbspghee
- 60 gfried almonds
Method
- 1
Make a broth with the chicken, onion, cardamom, and turmeric.
- 2
Cook the freekeh in generous broth so it stays loose, almost saucy.
- 3
Return the chicken to warm through in the pot.
- 4
Serve in deep plates with fried almonds and laban on the side.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 6