Moroccan Chicken Bundles
These moroccan-style chicken phyllo rolls have the delicious mix of moroccan spices including cumin, ginger, turmeric and cinnamon. These are great served with spiced tomato dipping sauce - moroccan style. They are a bit time consuming, but well worth it. This recipe is from another site, but was originally from gourmet magazine and is loosely based on b'stilla (a traditional moroccan dish of shredded chicken simmered with moroccan spices and then mixed with egg and nuts).
Steps
Cook onion in oil with salt , cumin , ginger , turmeric , pepper and coriander in large heavy saucepan over moderate heat , stirring until onion has softened , about 5 minutes.
Add chicken , broth , water and cinnamon stick and simmer , covered , turning chicken over once , until meat is very tender , about 45 minutes.
Transfer chicken to a bowl , reserving cooking liquid.
Remove skin and bones from chicken , then shred chicken either by hand or by pulsing in food processor and place in a large bowl.
Place cooking liquid in a 2 cup glass measure and let stand 1 minute and then skim off fat and discard cinnamon stick.
Return liquid to saucepan and simmer over medium heat uncovered until liquid has reduced to about 1 / 4 cup.
Stir in shredded chicken and almonds.
Reserve 2 tbsp of beaten egg for egg wash.
Lightly season remainder of egg with salt and pepper , then cook over medium heat with 1 / 2 tbsp butter until just set , but still slightly soft.
Stir egg into chicken filli.
Ingredients
onion, olive oil, salt, ground cumin, ground ginger, turmeric, black pepper, ground coriander, chicken thighs, chicken broth, water, cinnamon stick, sliced almonds, eggs, unsalted butter, phyllo pastry sheets, ground cinnamon, brown mustard seeds