Soaked whole wheat berries (or cracked wheat) cooked for hours in the pot where chicken or lamb was browned over onion with spices, until completely soft; sometimes mashed into a porridge, and served with brown butter and cinnamon or with yogurt. Based on the recipes themselves here, with no verified source.
Heat the olive oil in a wide pan over medium heat.
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Add the onion and fry 5–8 minutes, stirring now and then, until the onion is soft and translucent and starts to turn golden at the edges. If it browns too fast, lower the heat.
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💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
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Add the chicken and brown on all sides.
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Add the salt and black pepper and stir.
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To assemble
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Add the wheat and to the pot and bring to a boil.
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Turn down to low, cover and simmer 2–2.5 hours, until the wheat softens completely.
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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.
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Serve.
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304calories
14 gprotein
45 gcarbs
9 gfat
● protein 18%● carbs 57%● fat 25%
Per serving (128 g), of 4 servings
For the Meat Browned in the Rice Pot · To assemble ·
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⚖ About the ingredients
Onion: measured in pieces: one ≈ 117 g · 40 kcal per 100 g · More about Onion →
Olive oil: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 14 g · 884 kcal per 100 g · More about Olive oil →
Chicken: measured in pieces: one ≈ 120 g · 119 kcal per 100 g · More about Chicken →
Salt: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 6 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Salt →
Black pepper: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 2.4 g · 251 kcal per 100 g · More about Black pepper →
Wheat: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 240 g · 327 kcal per 100 g · More about Wheat →
🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel
Stove· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Frying pan· Also works: Wok (None)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
Possible additions: Soaking (overnight) · Water with the wheat · Mashing (to a coarse porridge) · Brown butter for serving · Cinnamon for serving · Yogurt on the side · Cilantro on top · Serving dish (in deep bowls)
