Roudena’s Freekeh Soup

Name: Roudena’s Freekeh Soup
Cuisine: Israel
Ingredients: 2 chicken pieces, thighs or legs; ½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon & ground cloves; a piece of cinnamon bark, 6 x cardamom pods, 4 x bay leaves & 8 x black peppercorns tied in muslin; ‘bouquet garni’ of:; 400 g freekeh, washed & rinsed; salt & pepper; ½ onion, peeled & left whole; 1 tablespoon chicken soup mix; 120 mls corn oil

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Galilean Kitchen

By Ruth Nieman

Published 2017

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Ingredients

2 chicken pieces, thighs or legs
120 mls corn oil
½ teaspoon of <

Asia
Israel
Spicy
Mediterranean
Gluten-free
Soup

Method

heat the corn oil in a pan, season the chicken pieces with the ground cinnamon, cloves, salt & pepper & place in hot oil, skin side down & cook until brown
make the bouquet garni & set aside with the peeled onion
place the onion & bouquet garni in a large pan, & add the cooked chicken, cover with hot water & add