Harissa Iraqi Barley and Meat in Slow Cooker/ طريقة جديدة|| الهريسة العراقية بقدر الكهربائي||
Channel: Tasty Dishes
Date: 2017-10-02

Harissa is a traditional Iraqi dish which is basically barley wheat with meat(lamb or beef or chicken or combination) porridge. It is similar to oatmeal but with meat.  The traditional method is to cook it in a regular large pot and over the stove and over low heat for hours. It takes a lot of stirring and effort and babysitting the pot.  
My way is to make it in a crock pot. Much easier and without any effort at all and the result is the same as the original method. In a slow cooker method and on low setting, just add wheat barley, water, salt, meat of your choice and forget about it. I usually make it at night so it is ready in the morning. It is a very delicious, healthy and nutritious dish.

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Ingredients
-Crack pot (my size pot is 7 qt)

-3 cups Pearled Barley soaked overnight or from morning till night.

- Meat of your choice. I usually add 2 pieces from different kinds of meat and 1 piece of chicken. All with bones and little of fat.

- 1 table spoon salt.

- Cold Water to cover the wheat and the meat . Approximately to the top. Leave 1 inch from top.

- I usually start it at 10 pm and it gets ready at 6-8 am in the next morning. It usually take 8 to 10 hours on low temp.

-If you wake up in the early morning like 3 am,  just check it out and add some boiling water if needed and stir it up. If not, no problem, go to sleep :). When you wake up in the morning do check it out again and add a little boiling water if it is very thick and stir it very well.  Make sure to shred the meat either with two forks or press it on the side of the pot. Keep stirring for about 5-10 minutes and add more boiling water if needed until you reach the consistency of your choice. Cover again and let it cook for 1 more hour, if you need more smooth and creamy texture soup. 

enjoy:)

Note: 
-You can cook Harissa only with meat or only with chicken.
-My crock pot is 7 quarts (QT)
 

Enjoy:)


3 cup good quality barley
٣ كوب نوعية جيدة  حنطة(حبية)


Wash well and soak for 6-8 hrs
يغسل جيدا وينقع لمدة 6-8 ساعات

7 QT Slow Cooker
قدر كهربائي سعة ١ ٣/٤ جالون

Add any kind of meat of your choice. Beef , lamb, pork and chicken. one kind or combination.
إضافة أي نوع من اللحوم من اختيارك.  لحم البقر والضأن  والدجاج. نوع واحد أو مزيج.
  
Meat on bone and with fat a little
اللحوم مع العظام ومع الدهون قليلا

1 Tbsp salt
١ ملعقة كبيرة ملح


Regular water
مياه العادية

Leave 1 inch from above
اترك انج واحد من الفوق

Cover and set on low
تغطى و تثبت على الحرارة المنخفضة

Cook for 8-10 hrs
تطبخ من ٨-١٠ ساعات

After 8 hrs
بعد ٨ ساعات 

Mix very well and shred the meat
تخلط جيدا جدا و يفتت اللحم


Mix for about 5-10 minutes
امزج لمدة 5-10 دقائق

Look how creamy and thick it became
لاحظ كيف اصبحت كريمي و ثخين

Cover and cook for 1 more hour for 
more creamer texture if you like
تغطي وتطهى لمدة  ساعة أكثر لقوام املس اذا ترغب  


It is ok if it sticks a little in the bottom
لا تقلق إذا التصق قليلا في القاع

Some people would sprinkle some cinnamon and sugar on top at the time of serving but me and my family we love it only with salt.


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