Hungry Paprikas· by Amina Al-Saigh★ 5.0 (3)

Lebanese Moghrabieh (Pearl Couscous Stew)

Name: Lebanese Moghrabieh (Pearl Couscous Stew)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 80 min
Total time: 85 min
Yield: 6, 6 people
Cuisine: middle_eastern
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 3 full chicken legs (1.5 kg) (bone-in and skin-on); 2 litres water; 1 tablespoon kosher salt; 10 cardamom pods; 2 cinnamon sticks; 3 bay leaves; 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns; 1 onion (quartered); 1 large carrot; 4 large cloves garlice (peeled); 1/4 cup olive oil; 600 grams pearl onions (peeled and kept whole); 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 tablespoon butter; 2 cups moghrabieh (400 grams); 1 tablespoon ground caraway; 1/2 teaspoon seven spice; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon cumin; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; 1 1/2 litres chicken broth; 540 ml canned chickpeas (drained and rinsed)

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A Lebanese stew of pearl couscous (moghrabieh) with chicken, chickpeas, and pearl onions in an aromatic broth with warm spices like cardamom and cinnamon. Hearty and fragrant with a Middle Eastern spice profile. Serve as a complete one-bowl meal.

Ingredients

6 SERVINGS

For the Broth

1 tbspolive oil
1½ kgfull chicken legs — bone-in, skin-on, 3
2 lwater
1 tbspkosher salt
10cardamom pods
2cinnamon sticks
3bay leaves
½ tspblack peppercorns
1onion — quartered
1large carrot
4large cloves garlic — peeled

For the Moghrabieh

¼ cupolive oil
600 gpearl onions — whole, peeled
½ tspkosher salt
1 tbspbutter
400 gmoghrabieh — 2 cup
1 tbspground caraway
½ tspseven spice
½ tspcinnamon
½ tspcumin
½ tspblack pepper
1½ lchicken broth
540 mlcanned chickpeas — drained, rinsed

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Method

1h 25m total

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