🇲🇦 Moroccan

Chicken Rfissa

Name: Chicken Rfissa
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: 500 g, thighs Chicken; to taste Salt; 2, chopped Onion; 4 cloves, minced Garlic; 1 tbsp Fenugreek Seeds; 3 medium, cubed Potato; 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 2, thickly sliced Carrot; 750 ml Stock or Broth; 1 tsp Ras el Hanout; 4 Msemen Flatbread

🇲🇦 Moroccan

Rfissa — chicken and lentils ladled over shredded msemen, fenugreek-scented. About 60 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 15 min Cook 45 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Chicken500 g, thighs
Saltto taste
Onion2, chopped
Garlic4 cloves, minced
Fenugreek Seeds1 tbsp
Potato3 medium, cubed
Olive Oil2 tbsp
Carrot2, thickly sliced
Stock or Broth750 ml
Ras el Hanout1 tsp
Msemen Flatbread4

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Warm the Olive Oil in a heavy casserole and brown the chicken well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.
2
Lift the chicken out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the ras el hanout.
3
Return the chicken, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.
4
Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.
5
Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh cilantro right before serving.

Chef's tip

A final squeeze of lemon just before serving lifts every other flavour.

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Watch how it's made

Video: RFISSA : Moroccan Cooking Demystified | الرفيسة | · on YouTube