Chicken R’Fissa: It’s the most requested recipe EVER on DinnersWithDave. It’s a spectacular dish of shredded Trid pastry (or m’semmen) topped with chicken thats been stewed with onions, fenugreek, lentils and spices. Here’s how you make it:
For The Chicken:
1 whole chicken, cleaned
Pinch of saffron threads in 3T of warm water
2 garlic cloves, grated
1.5t ground turmeric
1.5t ground ginger
1.5t ras el handout
1.5t black pepper
1.5t salt, plus extra
1.5t smen or ghee or butter
3 very large onions (2 thinly sliced, 1 grated)
1/3c + 1T mina olive oil
1 whole garlic bulb
Bouquet of fresh parsley & cilantro
1T butter, softened
1c green or brown lentils, soaked for 30 minutes in hot water, drained
1/4c fenugreek, soaked overnight, drained and tied in cheesecloth
For Serving
Shredded trid pastry or torn m’semmen
Medjool dates
Dried Apricots
1.5T Sugar
1 Cinnamon stick
1T Butter
Orange Blossom Water
Walnut halves
Quail eggs, boiled, peeled and decorated with gold leaf (optional)
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