Roasted Wheat Freekeh
Instructions
First of all soak the freekeh in sufficient water. Take a large pot, put chicken and cover with water. Then bring it to boil and remove the froth from the top till the broth is clear. To eliminate bad odors from the chicken insert 2 half cut onions and boil half an hour. Now take away the chicken from broth and sieve the broth. Keep the chicken aside. After that, rinse freekeh and take a large pot. Insert olive oil in the pot and fry freekeh for few minutes.
Cover the freekeh by adding some of the broth and boil slowly. Keep the pot covered and insert broth to keep from drying out. Cook it for 1 hour or more and half an hour before serving heat the oven to 400 degrees. Make a mixture of olive oil, pepper, tomato paste, salt, and paprika. Place chicken on baking tray and brush with the above mixture. Bake the chicken for 20 minutes. For serving, put freekeh on large tray and top with chicken. Add almonds and pine nuts.
