Palestinian Molokhia
Palestinian Molokhia is a well-known green stew made out of jute leaves often served with lots of minced garlic and a fresh squeeze of lemon alongside rice.
main mealcurry
Time1 hr
Yield2 portions
Energy386 kcal
Components0
Ingredients
- 320gchicken breast, rawchunked
- 0.125tspsalt
- 0.25tspspice, pepper
- 0.25tspspice, garlic powder
- 0.5tspspice, coriander, ground
- 2.5mloil, rapeseed
- 0.5wholeonion≈ 75 g onionfine dice
- 2perherb, bay leaf
- 3clovegarlicminced
- 500stock, chicken, low salt (ml (prepared/500ml))≈ 1 cube stock, chicken, low salt
- 0.25tspmonosodium glutamate
- 400gmolokhia leaves, frozen
- 0.125tspsalt
- freshly sauteed garlic
- 5mloil, olive, regular
- 4clovegarlicminced
- 1.5tspspice, coriander, ground
- salsa
- 0.5perchilli, jalapeno
- 20glemon juice
- 1clovegarlic
- 0.125tspsalt
- 5mloil, olive, virgin
Instructions
Process
- Chunk the chicken, toss with the spices and seasoning
- Heat the oil to medium
- Sear the chicken, 2 minutes per side
- Add the onion, bay leaves, garlic cloves, cook briefly
- Add the stock and msg, simmer until the chicken is cooked through - 12-15 minutes
- Remove from heat:
- Remove the bay leaves
- Remove and shred the chicken, set aside
- Add the broth back onto the heat
- Add the frozen molokhia directly; heat until fully thawed and steaming
- Simmer on low for 8-10 minutes
- Freshly minced garlic:
- Saute briefly in the olive oil until fragrant
- Add the ground coriander, cook 20s
- Immediately stir into the molokhia pot
- Add the chicken back to the pot; simmer 2-3 minutes
- Salsa:
- Blend together all of the ingredients
- To serve:
- Molokhia onto the plates
- Top with some salsa
Nutrition details
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| Nutrition | Per portion | Batch total |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 386 | 772 |
| Protein | 39.9 | 79.8 |
| Carbohydrates | 22.9 | 45.8 |
| Total Sugars | 4.1 | 8.2 |
| Free Sugars | 0.6 | 1.3 |
| Fat | 12.6 | 25.3 |
| Saturated Fat | 2.6 | 5.1 |
| Fibre | 5.5 | 11.0 |
| Alcohol | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Salt | 1.8 | 3.7 |
| Iron | 7.28 | 14.6 |
| Calcium | 230 | 459 |
| Vitamin B12 | 0 | 0 |
| Omega 3 | 0.08 | 0.16 |
| Magnesium | 166 | 333 |
| Potassium | 1670 | 3340 |
| Caffeine | 0 | 0 |
| Cost | £2.97 | £5.93 |