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Lebanese chicken and vegetable stew

Lebanese chicken and vegetable stew

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Lebanese Mulukhiye: Collard greens cooked with garlic and cilantro, simmered with chicken and its broth, seasoned with lemon, and served with rice.

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Recipe from Romanov, Zazo29, Meno25 and 4 other contributors, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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The mallow (a type of leafy vegetable) is a plant whose leaves give this Lebanese dish its distinctive texture. After being simmered for a long time with garlic and cilantro, they are then cooked with the chicken and its broth, and finally served with rice and vermicelli.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time1 hr 40 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total2 hr 40 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodnibbled
  • Estimated cost$3.15 $0.79 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 12, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.21
  • $0.05
  • $0.42
  • $1.06
  • $0.12
  • $0.03

To serve

  • $1.26

Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Soak the mloukhiyé leaves in water until they are soft, then squeeze them handful by handful to remove the water.
  2. Cook the chicken in salted water with the onion to create a broth.
  3. Peel the garlic and mince it finely. ≈ 8 min
  4. Sort, rinse, and drain the cilantro, then finely chop it. ≈ 8 min
  5. Heat the garlic and cilantro together in the oil and clarified butter.
  6. Add the mole sauce and cook over low heat for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
  7. Add the cooked chicken and its broth, and let it simmer for a few minutes.
  8. Add the lemon juice and chili pepper, then let it simmer for another 10 to 15 minutes.
  9. Serve with the vermicelli rice. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Lebanese chicken and vegetable stew

  • 1 onion$0.21
  • One head of garlic$0.05
  • 100 ml of vegetable oil$0.42
  • 1 tablespoon of clarified butter (samneh)$1.06
  • 1 lemon juice$0.12
  • salt$0.03
  • Rice with vermicelli$1.26

Total$3.15

that's $0.79 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 200 g of dried mloukhiyé leaves
  • 1 chicken (or 4 drumsticks)
  • 1 onion
  • 1 bunch of cilantro
  • One head of garlic
  • 100 ml of vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon of clarified butter (samneh)
  • 1 lemon juice
  • 1 hot pepper (optional)
  • salt
  • Rice with vermicelli

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