Libyan Entree
IMBAKBAKA
1 pound boneless hen portions or 1⅓ kilos with bone in
3 garlic cloves
1 jalapeno (non-compulsory)
1 medium onion
3 tablespoons olive oil or vegetable oil
¾ teaspoon cayenne
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ tablespoon coriander
½ teaspoon cumin
¼ teaspoon paprika
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon turmeric
3 tablespoons tomato paste
5 cups water
¾ pound elbow macaroni or different pasta
1 cup canned and tired garbanzo beans or diced carrots
Serves 6. Takes 45 mins.
PREPARATION
Lower or divide hen into 8 items. Mince garlic. Seed jalapeno and minimize it into lengthy, skinny strips. Cube onion. Upload oil, garlic, and onion to huge pot. Sauté at medium-high warmth for five mins or till onion softens. Stir often. Upload hen, cayenne, cinnamon, coriander, cumin, paprika, pepper, salt, and turmeric. Sauté at medium-high warmth for 4 mins or till hen items brown on both sides. Stir often.
Scale back warmth to medium. Upload tomato paste. Prepare dinner for three mins. Stir sufficient to stop burning. Upload water and jalapeno strips.. (The water must totally quilt the hen.) Convey to boil the usage of excessive warmth. Stir sufficient to stop burning. Upload macaroni and garbanzo beans. Scale back warmth to low. Simmer for 20 mins. Stir sometimes.
TIDBITS
1) Many avant-garde diners wish to consume their Imbakbaka whilst the usage of a power box. On this situation, the chef tosses the contents of the pot into the air. The power box prevents gravity from bringing the meals right down to the desk. The diners merely scoop up the meals dangling within the air with their spoons. With out a meals hitting the desk, the will for dishes disappears. Blank up turns into a lot more uncomplicated. This benefit isn’t any small factor to busy eating place house owners. Then again, the power had to take care of those power fields for one chef will burn up the power provide of all of the global. Bummer.
Paul De Lancey, The Comedian Chef, Ph.D.

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