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    Published: Mar 12, 2018 · Modified: Apr 7, 2018 by Usha Rao

    Ground Chicken Stuffed Msemen ~ Rghaif

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    A plate of ground chicken stuffed msemen

    Ground chicken stuffed msemen is a stuffed flatbread from Morocco. It is a soft flatbread served for breakfast or teatime snack.

    Theme of the Week

    The theme this week is stuffed flatbreads across countries and for the final day of this week’s blogging marathon, it is a Moroccan flatbread, ground chicken stuffed Msemen. The other two recipes for this week were bakshalu from India and patatesli gozleme from Turkey.

    What is Msemen

    Msemen, also known as rghaif, is a soft, square shaped flatbread from Morocco. Similar bread from Algeria is Mhojab. Msemen is either plain or stuffed, and the plain Msemen is served with some jam or anything sweet or savory. Since the theme is stuffed flatbreads, today it is ground chicken stuffed Msemen.

    A plate of ground chicken stuffed Msemen

    Why Ground Chicken Stuffed Msemen?

    For the last day, I initially picked a sorrel dill stuffed flatbread. I was unable to source sorrel in the neighborhood and Friday, I made a trip to the Indian store, especially for sorrel leaves. Fortunately, I was able to grab the last of the bunches available in the store. However, I changed the plan in the last minute. Since it is a weekend and Mr U is home, I decided to make a flatbread with a meat filling, hence the ground chicken stuffed msemen.

    A plate of ground chicken msemen with a toren piece of msemen

    When Mr U or, as a matter of fact, any company at home, my tiny little creative side of brain goes on a holiday and am blank when it comes to photographing food. The same happened yesterday and I am not really pleased with the pictures. I have no choice but use them. Today I have an appointment at dmv to renew my license and figured, cooking again and clicking might not work out. So, I will try to replace the pictures next time I make ground chicken stuffed Msemen.

    Shaping Msemen

    To shape msemen, step 1 is roll dough into a very thin, almost transparent circle, fold the sides almost half way, and overlap the bottom and top ends to a make a square packet. Specially when making a stuffed msemen, step 2 is to place this square packet in another almost transparent dough circle, with the folded side facing down. Fold the sides, top and bottom to make a square packet. This way, both sides of the msemen is evenly covered with dough. The link I referred to prepare stuffed msemen skipped the second step and so did I. However, when making msemen, I realized why second step is important, in addition to getting a flaky flatbread.

    In the first picture in the below collage, I did not pat the dough very thin. It should be even thinner and almost transparent. The last left picture is flatten msemen after stuffing, this is the side which has lot more dough as the edges were folded to this side, to make a square. The last picture is the other side and can see how thin the cover is, almost transparent and this how it is supposed to be. This is the reason I feel second step mentioned in above paragraph is necessary.

    Step by step pic collage of how to shape a ground chicken stuffed msemen.

    How to make Stuffed Msemen

    📖 Recipe

    A plate of ground chicken stuffed msemen

    Ground Chicken Stuffed Msemen ~ Rghaif

    A soft, ground chicken stuffed flatbread from Morocco.
    5 from 3 votes
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    Course: Breakfast, Snack, Teatime Snack
    Cuisine: Moroccan
    Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Resting Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 pieces
    Calories:
    Author: Usha Rao

    Ingredients

    Filling (will require only ¼ - ⅓ of this filling)

    • 2 ½ tablespoon Oil
    • 1 medium sized Onion or 1 cup diced Onion
    • 2 teaspoon Ginger Garlic Paste
    • 1 cup diced mixed Sweet Peppers (2 Yellow, 2 orange and 3 red peppers)
    • 2 teaspoon Chili Powder or Paprika adjust taste
    • 1 teaspoon Salt adjust to taste
    • 1 teaspoon Roasted Cumin Powder
    • 1 lb Ground Chicken
    • ⅓ cup loosely packed chopped Cilantro

    Flatbread

    • 1 ½ cups All Purpose Flour
    • ¼ teaspoon Salt
    • ½ cup Water or more if necessary
    • 3-4 tablespoon Oil for coating making and cooking the flat bread. May not need all that oil

    Instructions

    Filling

    • Heat oil in a pan and sauté onions for a minute.
    • Next add ginger garlic, sweet peppers and sauté for couple minutes until peppers are semi soft.
    • Throw in chili powder, salt and cumin powder, and mix.
    • Add ground chicken and mix breaking the mince.
    • Keep stirring until mince separates and continue cooking until it is dry.
    • Sprinkle chopped cilantro or parsley, mix and turn off the flame.
    • Let the filling cool. This is a make ahead filling and make it a day or two in advance and store in the refrigerator.

    Dough

    • In a wide plate or a bowl, take salt, flour and mix.
    • Gently pour water and make a dough.
    • When the dough comes together, lightly flour dust a worktop or a clean countertop and knead the dough for 10 - 15 minutes with both the hands. 10 minutes is sufficient but I find kneading dough therapeutic and ended up kneading for 15 minutes.
    • Divide the dough into four parts, shape each into a thick round disc and place in a bowl or a plate.
    • Drizzle oil on each dough part to coat all around, cover with a cling wrap and let rest for at least 30 minutes.

    Making the flatbread

    • Oil a clean surface or a plastic bag (ziplock) and using fingers, pat down one dough ball into a thin circle, about 7” in diameter. Make it as thin as possible, thinner than in the collage above.
    • Place 3 tablespoon of filling in the middle and spread around leaving about 1 - 1 ½” all around.
    • Fold one of the sides over the filling and repeat the same on the other side.
    • Now fold the top and the bottom to make a square.
    • Keep it aside in a plate and shape rest of the flatbreads.
    • Heat griddle to cook the bread.
    • Take one square and gently pat it with hands to make a about a 6-7” square or a rectangle.
    • Gradually lift it and place on a oiled griddle and cook for couple of minutes on each side or until cooked, on medium - medium low flame.
    • Repeat the same with rest of the squares.
    • Serve them for breakfast or as an evening snack. This was our lunch yesterday.

    Notes

    • Substitute sweet peppers with colored bell peppers.
    • For veg option, use a mixture of chopped onion, bell peppers, cilantro, salt and pepper/chili powder. Fill this mixture in the flatbread and the veggies will cook along with the flatbread.
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    Stuffed Msemen Pinterest long pin

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    1. Chef Mireille says

      April 05, 2018 at 10:27 pm

      5 stars
      this looks so delicious - perfect for a summer dinner with a salad!

      Reply
    2. Manjula Bharath says

      March 27, 2018 at 2:31 pm

      wow that a well explained post and loved how you made these moroccon msemen .. They look amazing !! I have it in my to do list with a veg filling ..

      Reply
    3. sushma says

      March 23, 2018 at 2:22 pm

      Very nice Usha, love the filling. Looks soo yummy

      Reply
    4. Pavani says

      March 21, 2018 at 9:23 pm

      That looks like a really flaky and delicious stuffed flatbread Usha. I think the stuffing can be made with paneer or soy granules. I think the clicks look great but I know exactly what you mean by creative side taking a break 🙂

      Reply
    5. Srivalli Jetti says

      March 21, 2018 at 1:44 am

      I enjoyed making this bread Usha, it was so yum!..must have been wonderful with this filling as well..very nicely done!

      Reply
    6. srividhya says

      March 20, 2018 at 11:45 am

      Loved your detailed explanation about the dish as well as the preparation especially the rolling part. Rolling such a thin bread with the stuffing must be challenging naa... Between the clicks are amazing. Please don't be so hard on yourself. 🙂

      Reply
    7. Jyoti Babel says

      March 20, 2018 at 10:47 am

      I think I will want to try the veg version. Those clicks look great.

      Reply
    8. Priya Srinivasan says

      March 20, 2018 at 5:02 am

      Wow usha, that looks incredible, making it thin and flaky, needs lot of patience!! Would love to try with a veg filling!!! lovely clicks as ususal!!!

      Reply
    9. Priya Suresh says

      March 17, 2018 at 5:42 pm

      Msemmen is our family favourite and am yet to try with meat stuffing. Am sure my meat loving family will definitely go crazy if they see this msemen.

      Reply
    10. cookingwithsapana says

      March 17, 2018 at 1:14 pm

      s looks quite interesting with the ground chicken stuffing. I guess we can use any kind of stuffing inside.

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        March 19, 2018 at 11:52 am

        Yes you can stuff anything, as simple as a simple chopped onions and bell peppers mixture.

        Reply
    11. code2cook says

      March 17, 2018 at 11:08 am

      This flatbread looks mouth watering filling is tempting a lot even though I am vegetarian.

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        March 19, 2018 at 11:53 am

        Try the veg version Bhawna. I mentioned one veg option in the notes section.

        Reply
    12. Gayathri Kumar says

      March 16, 2018 at 8:08 pm

      This bread looks amazing Usha. I don't know why you feel like that about the pictures. They are gorgeous..

      Reply
    13. Sowmya:) says

      March 16, 2018 at 5:06 am

      These flatbreads look amazing. Love the pictures...makes you want to reach out into the screen and grab a bite!

      Reply
    14. Harini says

      March 13, 2018 at 8:58 pm

      I am sure this bread would be appreciated by meat lovers.

      Reply
    15. Renu says

      March 13, 2018 at 10:00 am

      Such a nice bread and I love the filling and the way it is made. Lovely

      Reply
    16. vaishalisabnani says

      March 13, 2018 at 12:06 am

      I had loved this Moroccan bread , though I did not add any stuffing , yours with stuffing must have made a complete meal and tasted awesome .

      Reply

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