
Chicken Bulgur
A complete bulgur and chicken dish with a rich flavor.
A savory bulgur and chicken dish cooked as a full meal.
Like a seasoned rice pilaf, but made with bulgur.
Cook the chicken until tender and let the bulgur absorb the broth or cooking juices.
Ingredients
- as desired chicken meat
- 4 cups (750 g) coarse bulgur
- 1 cup cooked chickpeas
- 1 cup olive oil
- onion
- bay leaves
- cloves
- cardamom
- 1 tablespoon salt
- whole peppercorns
- 2 sticks cinnamon sticks
- 1 tablespoon Maggi seasoning
- half a tablespoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 small onion
- 1 medium onion
- several bell peppers
- 8 cups water
Instructions
- Boil the chicken in a pot with plenty of water to remove any scum, then leave it until the broth clears.
- Add the bay leaves, cloves, cardamom, whole peppercorns, 2 cinnamon sticks, Maggi seasoning, ginger, black pepper, and salt to the chicken pot, then leave the mixture until the chicken is cooked.
- Strain the chicken broth into another pot and measure out 8 cups of hot liquid to use with the bulgur.
- Chop the onion in a frying pan, then fry it with the olive oil and coarse bulgur for about 5 minutes over heat slightly higher than medium.
- Add 8 cups of chicken broth to the frying pan over the bulgur, then leave over high heat until the liquid is absorbed.
- Cover the frying pan and leave the bulgur until cooked, then reduce the heat to half if necessary.
- Add half a cup of cold olive oil to the frying pan after the bulgur is cooked, then cover and leave it to rest.
- Remove the boiled chicken from the bones into a bowl, then sauté it briefly in a frying pan with a little olive oil until it develops color and flavor.
- Add the fried onion and sautéed chicken to the bulgur in the frying pan, then mix everything well.
- Leave the dish in the frying pan or arrange it in a serving bowl, then invert it onto a serving platter when serving.