Chicken & freekeh chopped salad with salsa verde

in #food7 years ago


INGRIDIENTS 

  1.  200g freekeh
  2.  1 bay leaf
  3.  juice ½ lemon
  4.  3 tbsp olive oil
  5.  1 garlic clove crushed
  6.  4 asparagus spears, chopped
  7.  1 avocado cubed
  8.  4 spring onion, chopped
  9.  ½ cucumber, chopped
  10.  2 celery sticks, chopped
  11.  1 green chilli, deseeded and finely sliced
  12.  6 radishes, halved (smaller ones left whole)
  13.  ½ small pack flat-leaf parsley, chopped
  14.  ½ small pack basil, chopped
  15.  ½ small pack mint, chopped
  16.  150g leftover roast chicken, chopped
  17.  2 tbsp toasted pine nuts
  18. salsa verde (see recipe, right)





     

The method of preparation

          1. First of all

  • First put the  freekeh  in cold water, for 5 minutes.
  • Then take this freekeh out of the water and crush it well.
  • Take a spoon of oil, heat it.
  •  Add the bay leaf, garlic and freekeh , and toast, stirring vigorously, for 1 min or more.
  • BAY LEAFY GARLIC FREEKEH

    and other ingredients

          2.  second        

  • Take a pan and fill it in water and heat it.
  • Then add salt and heat it for 15 minutes.
  • Then put asparagus  into it in the last 4 minutes.
  •  Drain and leave to cool. 

           3. Third

  • Put the cool frekeh in the big pan.
 Season and combine with the remaining oil and all the other ingredients, topping with the salsa verde and toasted pine nuts to serve. 



Source: website link I have taken some part of this post from this source (https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/chicken-freekeh-chopped-salad-leftover-salsa-verde)
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Looks yummy! Is freekah similar to barley?

yes mam freekah to barley,and amazing taste.