Seffa Medfouna (Moroccan Buried Chicken with Sweet Vermicelli) · African Food Network

Name: Seffa Medfouna (Moroccan Buried Chicken with Sweet Vermicelli) · African Food Network
Total time: 195 min
Ingredients: 2.2 lb dry broken vermicelli (chaariya), angel hair pasta or couscous; 3 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil, for steaming; 2 teaspoons salt, for steaming; 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1/2 cup icing sugar, or to taste; 1 cup raisins, soaked in water for 20 minutes; 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon sugar or honey, if caramelising the raisins; 1 whole chicken, cut into pieces and skinned, or 2 lb cubed lamb or beef; 2 large sweet onions, chopped medium; 1 tablespoon ground ginger; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, or to taste; 1 teaspoon white pepper; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; 1 teaspoon turmeric; 1 teaspoon saffron threads, crumbled; 2 small pieces of cinnamon stick; 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, for the meat; 1/4 cup olive oil, for the meat; 1/4 cup fresh coriander, chopped; 1 cup almonds, blanched, fried and ground; 1 cup icing sugar, for decorating; 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon, for decorating

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Seffa medfouna is saffron chicken hidden inside a mound of steamed, sweetened vermicelli, dusted with cinnamon, icing sugar and ground fried almonds. Medfouna…

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Ingredients

2.2 lb dry broken vermicelli (chaariya), angel hair pasta or couscous
3 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil, for steaming
2 teaspoons salt, for steaming
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup icing sugar, or to taste
1 cup raisins, soaked in water for 20 minutes
1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon sugar or honey, if caramelising the raisins
1 whole chicken, cut into pieces and skinned, or 2 lb cubed lamb or beef
2 large sweet onions, chopped medium
1 tablespoon ground ginger
1 1/2 teaspoons salt, or to taste
1 teaspoon white pepper
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon saffron threads, crumbled
2 small pieces of cinnamon stick
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, for the meat
1/4 cup olive oil, for the meat
1/4 cup fresh coriander, chopped
1 cup almonds, blanched, fried and ground
1 cup icing sugar, for decorating
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon, for decorating