Freekeh With Meat Recipes

TOMATO FREEKEH

Steps:

• Rinse and drain freekeh. Place freekeh in a bowl with enough water to cover; soak for 10 minutes. Drain.
• Stir vegetable broth, water, and olive oil together in a large pot; bring to a boil. Stir freekeh, tomato paste, paprika, cumin, turmeric, salt, and black pepper into vegetable broth mixture; bring mixture to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer freekeh mixture, stirring occasionally, until most of the liquid is absorbed, about 1 hour. Remove freekeh from heat and let rest for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.

HOW TO COOK FREEKEH

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, bring 2 1/2 cups water to a boil. Add freekeh and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, covered, until freekeh is tender and liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes.
• Remove from heat and let stand, covered, 5 minutes. Use immediately or spread on a rimmed baking sheet and let cool.

FREEKEH WITH MEAT

Steps:

• Wash the Freekeh really well and then put it a strainer till the water is all out.
• Put 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil with 1 finely chopped onion in a cooking pot. Fry the onion till it slightly changes color. Then put the meat in the pot and fry it with onion till it is semi cooked or becomes a darker color. Then put 4 cups water. After it boils, put it on low temperature and let it cook for 1 hour or till the meat is fully cooked. The meat should be very soft. Strain the meat broth (so the onions are out). Put the meat and the meat broth aside.
• Get a large cooking pot and 1 medium finely chopped onion (for the Freekeh). Put 3 tablespoons olive to fry the onion till it is semi-fried. Add the Freekeh with all the spices and stir fry it for a few minutes. Then put your meat broth on top. It will take 20-25 minutes to cook the Freekeh on low to medium temperature. Cover your pot.
• In a pan, fry the almonds and pine nuts in 2-3 tablespoons of vegetable oil separately.
• After the Freekeh is done, put it in a serving plate and put the meat on top. Then put the fried almonds and pine nuts on top of the Freekeh.

FREEKEH (ROASTED GREEN WHEAT) WITH CHICKEN - A TRADITIONAL ARAB

Steps:

• Soak the freekeh in plenty of water, it will start to absorb right away.
• Cover chicken with water in large pot.
• Bring to boil.
• Skim the scum off the top until broth is clear.
• Add two onions, cut in half, to remove any bad odors from the chicken.
• Simmer for another half hour.
• Remove chicken from broth. Set aside.
• Strain broth.
• Rinse freekeh, drain well.
• In a large pot, add olive oil to cover bottom and fry freekeh in it for a couple minutes.
• Add some of the broth, without measuring, to cover.
• Simmer slowly, covered.
• Add broth to keep from drying out.
• If you run out of broth, use water.
• Cook for an hour or more, making sure it does not get too dry.
• A half an hour before serving, heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Mix tomato paste, olive oil, salt, pepper and paprika.
• Put chicken on baking tray and brush with tomato/oil mixture.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until chicken gets a nice toasty finish to it.
• To serve, put freekeh on large tray. Top with chicken. Sprinkle with almonds and pine nuts.
• Serve with a yogurt salad made of plain yogurt, cucumber, dried mint, chopped green onions, and some salt to taste. Also, serve a salad of finely chopped tomato, cucumber, onion, green pepper, carrot, etc with a dressing of lemon and olive oil.

MOROCCAN FREEKEH TRAYBAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Toss the oil with the chickpeas, spices and chilli flakes in a medium roasting tin. Roast for 15 mins or until the chickpeas are beginning to crisp and turn golden brown. Add the tomatoes, apricots, olives and freekeh to the pan and toss everything together. Return to the oven for a final 10-15 mins until the tomatoes start to burst and everything is piping hot. Season to taste.
• Combine the yogurt and most of the dill and season with salt. Serve the freekeh with any extra dill fronds scattered over and a dollop of the herby yogurt.