Molokhia with Chicken with homemade chicken stock

👨‍🍳 Method

For the homemade chicken stock ✓ Homemade · or skip – back to store-bought

1. 1
   Put the chicken, the onion, carrot, celery, parsley, bay leaves and peppercorns and the water in a pot and bring to a boil. Skim off the foam that rises during the first 15 minutes with a spoon.

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2. 2
   Turn down and simmer gently 2.5–3 hours.

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   💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
3. 3
   Strain the stock.

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To assemble

1. 4
   Cook the chicken with the onion, salt and black pepper in the stock about 45 minutes, until tender. Remove the chicken, pull it into pieces and reserve the stock.

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2. 5
   Add the stock and bring to a boil.

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3. 6
   Add the molokhia and cook 5 minutes, until the leaves are tender and the soup is thick.

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4. 7
   Add the lemon juice and stir.
5. 8
   Heat the olive oil in a small pan and fry the garlic 30 seconds, until the garlic is golden.

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6. 9
   Add the taqliya to the pot and stir.
7. 10
   Serve with rice and with the chicken pieces.