🇹🇷 Turkish

Chickpeas Pilav

Name: Chickpeas Pilav
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 33 min
Total time: 43 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 50 g Butter; to taste Salt; 1, finely chopped Onion; 2 cans Chickpeas; 300 g Rice; 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 600 ml Stock or Broth; 1 tsp Urfa Pepper Flakes; 80 g Orzo Pasta

🇹🇷 Turkish

Fluffy grains steamed with chickpeas and aromatics so every spoonful is savoury and separate — a one-pot turkish classic. About 43 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 10 min Cook 33 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Butter50 g
Saltto taste
Onion1, finely chopped
Chickpeas2 cans
Rice300 g
Olive Oil2 tbsp
Stock or Broth600 ml
Urfa Pepper Flakes1 tsp
Orzo Pasta80 g

Optional extras

Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Rinse the rice until the water runs clear, then drain well.
2
Heat the Olive Oil in a wide pot, soften the onion, and bloom the urfa pepper flakes for 30 seconds.
3
Stir in the chickpeas, then add the rice and turn everything gently through the fragrant oil.
4
Pour in the stock, bring to a boil, then clamp on a lid and cook on the lowest heat for 15 minutes without peeking.
5
Rest off the heat for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork and crown with fresh parsley.

Chef's tip

Never lift the lid while the rice steams — trapped steam is doing the work.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Tavuk nohut pilav. Step-by-step Turkish street food rice chickpeas chicken · on YouTube