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| Melon Baal Canaf ("Melons With Wings") Recipe |
Category: Fruits / Poultry
Rating:
N/A
Servings: 6
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Ingredients
3 small cantaloupes
1/3 cup oil
3 cup raw chicken or turkey meat - choppe; d
1 teaspoon salt
2 cup green onions; chopped
1/3 cup parsley; chopped
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
2 cup cooked rice
Cooking Directions:
Cut each melon in half; remove seeds. Scoop out pulp and reserve. Heat oil in a skillet and saute chicken or turkey. Add salt and continue to saute until poultry is cooked through, about 15 minutes. Blend in green onions, parsley and lemon juice; continue cooking until onions are soft. Remove from flame and cool.
Add rice to cooled chicken mixture; stuff melon cavities. Chop up 1 cup of reserved melon pulp and place on top. Put stuffed melons into an ovenproof dish; bake at 350 F. for 20 minutes. Serve hot.
The authors write: "Melon Baal Canaf is a dish that is said to disappear as soon as it is placed on the table, as though it had wings."
From _The Yemenite Cookbook_ by Zion Levi and Hani Agabria. New York: Seaver Books, 1988. Pg. 100. ISBN 0-8050-0394-0. Electronic format by Cathy Harned.
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