Nabila's Chicken Trid

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Moroccan Chicken with Trid

Nabila got this recipe from her mother, and showed me how to cook it.

Chicken with Trid---melts in your mouth

Ingredients:
1 kg. trid, set aside
1.5-2 kg chicken, cut in quarters and washed in lemon juice and water

In a bowl, add the following::
3 onions, finely cut

1 tomato, grated

1 small handful parsely and cilantro, chopped
2 cloves garlic

Place the chicken and the sliced vegetables in a pressure cooker, and add the following:
1 tsp ginger

1 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp turmeric

1/2 tsp salt

Add about 1 small Moroccan/Turkish teaglass of olive oil, and ½ teaglass of water

Cook the chicken with the all the other ingredients under pressure (steam setting) for 10 minutes, until it cooks down to a thick paste.

Add about 2 coffee mugs of water and cook under pressure (setting 2) for 30 minutes. Serve with trid, and the chicken will melt in your mouth!

Let me know how you like this. Your comments are welcome.

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