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Healthy Chicken Harees: A Light Gulf Classic

By the Healthy Plate team

Chicken Harees

Harees is one of the best-known Gulf dishes, and it's healthy at heart: whole wheat and meat or chicken. The only tweak: less ghee and lean chicken breast.

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Great nutrition

  • Whole wheat is high in fibre
  • Protein from chicken
  • Keeps you full for hours

Chicken Harees

10 minPrep
2 hCook
6Servings
340kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 cups harees wheat, soaked overnight
  • 500 g chicken breast
  • 8 cups water
  • Salt and cardamom
  • Cinnamon to garnish
  • 1 tsp ghee

Method

  1. Simmer chicken, wheat, water and cardamom.
  2. Cook on low for 2 hours, stirring.
  3. Beat with a hand blender until smooth.
  4. Serve with a little ghee and cinnamon.
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Tip

A pressure cooker cuts the time from 2 hours to 45 minutes.

⚠️ For general education only. If you have a health condition or allergy, consult your doctor.