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Chorba

Chorba is a spicy meat and vegetable soup, typical of the Maghreb. This is my own personal version.

143 K 4.5/5 (10 reviews)

2 hours 8 min. difficulté

Easy

8.70 €

2 people

16 Ingredients

Last modified on: May 4^th 2012

For 2 people, you will need:

1 ¹⁄₃ onion
2 1 garlic clove
3 1 carrot
4 1 turnip
5 100 ml cauliflower
6 83.3 ml chicken breast
7 2 tablespoon olive oil
8 10 ml spices for couscous
9 25 ml tomato paste
10 500 ml water
11 50 ml tinned (canned) chickpeas
12 50 ml vermicelli
13 fresh coriander (cilantro)
14 ¹⁄₃ lemon
15 salt
16 pepper

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 60 min.

Cooking: 1 hour 15 min.

All in all: 2 hours 8 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Prepare ¹⁄₃ onion and chop, leave 1 garlic clove "en chemise".

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Prepare and grate 1 carrot.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Peel and wash 1 turnip, then grate.

Stage 4 - 15 min.

Wash 100 ml cauliflower and only keep the small florets.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Cut 83.3 ml chicken breast into small dice.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Heat 2 tablespoon olive oil in a large pan and add the chopped onion and garlic clove, salt and pepper.

Cook without colouring.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Add the carrots, turnip and cauliflower. Mix well.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Add the chicken and 10 ml spices for couscous*. Mix well.

(* see below).

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Cook like this (dry) for 2 or 3 minutes, stirring frequently.

Stage 10 - 1 hour

Pour in 500 ml water, add 25 ml tomato paste and mix well.

Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat and leave to simmer uncovered for about an hour.

Stage 11 - 3 min.

After this, remove the garlic clove and discard, then add 50 ml tinned (canned) chickpeas...

Stage 12 - 5 min.

...and 50 ml vermicelli.

Leave to cook for a further 5 minutes (check the cooking time of the pasta on the paquet).

Check seasoning.

Stage 13

Serve piping hot with a generous squeeze of lemon juice and a sprinkling of chopped fresh coriander.

Remarks

As with any "regional" recipe, please remember that this is only ONE chorba recipe and not THE chorba recipe.

The proportions are for guidance, so do vary them to your own taste.

The diced chicken can be either raw or cooked (as in the photos) and this is a good way to use up leftovers.

If you can't find a ready-made mix of couscous spices, you can make your own from: cumin, coriander (ground), cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cardamom and turmeric. Paprika, cloves and caraway are also sometimes used.

And to drink?

An Algerian red wine, one from the Medea region, for example, or any other full-bodied red.

Keeping: A few days in the fridge in a covered container.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	30 RDI=10 %	80 RDI=8 %	30 RDI=5 %	740 RDI=40 %	3,100 RDI: 40 %
Per 100 g	2 RDI=1 %	7 RDI=1 %	2 RDI=0 %	60 RDI=3 %	270 RDI: 3 %
Per person	20 RDI=6 %	40 RDI=4 %	20 RDI=2 %	370 RDI=20 %	1,550 RDI: 20 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 2.95 €
Per person : 1.50 €

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