Hello everybody.
As I mentioned earlier today we’re having a big lunch, friends and relatives coming.

  My mother in law made freekeh with chicken among other things.
Freekeh is a roasted green wheat, meaning  wheat is harvested when still green and roasted outdoors on a big fire. Very healthy and nutritious. I even saw an old episode of Dr. Phill today by coincidence advising people to eat it cause of its many benefits.
  Freekeh is mainly done with roasted chicken on top and cooked with the chicken broth.served with salad or yoghurt.
Quantities depends upon how many people you’re serving.

Ingredients and method:
* chicken cut to big pieces ( with bones)
* 3 cups freekeh.
* seasoning for making chicken broth : salt, pepper, all spice, bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, cardamom and onions.
* ghee or margarine.
* roasted almonds and pine nuts for decorating.

* Make chicken broth by cleaning chicken very well, sautee them till excess water is dry ,add all seasoning and water then leave to boil till done.

You can do this only with the wings, back and neck of chicken  then discard them and use broth.
* As for breasts and thighs, rub them well with salt , pepper and olive oil and put them over a bed of coarsely chopped onions in a big oven tray. Cover with foil paper and cook them in the oven for 1 1/2-2 hours.then roast till golden.
* wash freekeh very well,make sure you look through it before cause usually you might find some small stones or dirt specially if bought directly from farms.
* saute them with ghee then add to each cup of freekeh 1 1/2 cup of broth.
* you may add some salt according to your liking.
* leave to cook on high heat till it absorbs most of broth.
* lower heat to minimum and leave covered to cook slowly for 1 hour or a bit more till it’s done.
* serve in big wide plate with roasted chicken, almonds and pine nuts on top.

Yummy yummy :).