Koftit Ferakh 1

Name: Koftit Ferakh 1 (Chicken Balls 1)
Ingredients: 250 g (8 oz) cooked boned chicken; Salt and white pepper; Juice of ½ lemon; 1 tablespoon olive or salad oil; 120 g (4 oz) white bread, crusts removed; 60 g (2 oz) pistachio nuts, finely chopped

Chicken Balls 1

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A New Book of Middle Eastern Food

By Claudia Roden

Published 1986

About

This recipe for leftovers is inspired by the medieval Kitab al Wusla il al Habib. For 3 or 4 people.

Ingredients

250 g (8 oz) cooked boned chicken
120 g (4

Main course

Method

Mince or chop the chicken finely. Soak the bread in water, squeeze dry and crumble. Mix the chicken with the crumbled bread, pistachios, oil, lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste, and knead vigorously. Shape and roll into marble-sized balls.

These can either be served as they are, as a cold dish with salad; or they can be rolled in flour and fried, or poached in a chicken soup, and