Description
Delicious and savory ground chicken stuffed Msemen, a Moroccan specialty that combines flavorful spiced chicken with a flaky flatbread. Perfect for breakfast or a snack!
Ingredients
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For Filling:
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1 cup mixed sweet bell peppers, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 teaspoons ginger‑garlic paste
- 2 teaspoons chili powder or paprika
- 1 teaspoon roasted cumin powder
- 1 to 1¼ teaspoons salt (adjust to taste)
- ⅓ cup loosely packed chopped cilantro
For Dough:
- 1½ cups all‑purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- About ½ cup warm water (plus more if needed)
- 3–5 tablespoons oil or melted butter (for dough resting and cooking)
Instructions
- Prepare filling: Heat olive oil in a pan, sauté onion until soft, add ginger‑garlic paste, peppers, and spices. Cook ground chicken until browned, then stir in cilantro. Let cool.
- Prepare dough: Mix flour with salt, add water gradually to form a soft dough. Knead, then divide into balls and let rest.
- Assemble msemen: Flatten dough, add filling, fold into a square packet. Optionally, repeat with another layer of dough.
- Cook: Cook stuffed msemen on a griddle until golden and crisp on both sides.
Notes
- For a vegetarian version, omit chicken and use a vegetable filling.
- Rest filling to room temperature before assembly to prevent tearing.
- Adding extra oil between folds creates flakier layers.
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Snack, Breakfast
- Method: Pan-griddle
- Cuisine: Moroccan
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 stuffed msemen
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 450mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 20g
- Cholesterol: 65mg
