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Maftoul with Chicken
The recipe for a traditional and delicious Palestinian dish: Maftoul with Chicken!
Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
2 hrs
Servings: 6 to 8 people
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Middle Eastern , Palestinian
Ingredients
Maftoul
- 225 gms – 1 cup fine bulgur
- 18 gms – 1 tbsp salt
- 480 to 720 ml – 2 to 3 cups water
- 500 gms – 4 cups whole wheat flour
- 500 gms – 4 cups all-purpose plain flour
Chicken Stew
- 2 kg – 4.4 lbs. chicken cut into 6 or 8 pieces
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 ½ tbsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp ground allspice
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1.5 kg – 3.3 lbs. onions cut into mid-sized cubes
- ½ kg – 1.1 lbs. chickpeas canned or precooked
To cook the Maftoul
- 1 onion chopped
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp ground corriander
- ½ tsp ground caraway I did not use this
- ½ tsp ground all spice
- 60 ml – ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
Making the maftoul
Chicken Stew
Cooking the Maftoul
Notes
- Please note that the water and flour amounts provided in the recipe are for guidance only, you may need more or less depending on how big you roll your maftoul pearls.