Ktzitzot are Moroccan mini burgers made here with ground chicken and baharat, one of our favorite spice blends. Chicken burgers are best when you mix the ground meat with sautéed and spiced onions. Use a great quality extra virgin olive oil. We love Colavita!
Chicken Ktzitzot
Servings
6 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 small onion minced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon Jamie Geller Baharat
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1½ pounds ground chicken
- ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
- Cooking spray
- 1/3 cup raw 100% tahini
- 1/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
- Heat a medium sauté pan over medium-high heat.
- Add oil and sauté onions until just beginning to brown, about 3 minutes.
- Add garlic, baharat, and salt. Cook until just fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Place ground chicken in a medium bowl.
- Add parsley, onions, and garlic and mix to combine.
- Divide mixture into 12 equal portions.
- Roll a portion between the palms of your hands to make a compact ball.
- Flatten the ball into a patty about 1⁄2-inch thick and transfer to the prepared baking sheet.
- Repeat with remaining portions.
- Spray tops with cooking spray and bake at 425°F for 9 minutes.
- Flip ktzitzot, spray tops with cooking spray, and bake 9 minutes more or until cooked through.
- Whisk together tahini and lemon juice. Thin to desired consistency with water.
- Drizzle tahini over ktzitzot.
- Courtesy of the 28 Day JOY of KOSHER Challenge by Jamie Geller and Tamar Genger MA, RD.
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Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Chicken Ktzitzot
Amount per Serving
Calories
270
% Daily Value*
Fat
18
g
28
%
Cholesterol
96
mg
32
%
Sodium
286
mg
12
%
Carbohydrates
6
g
2
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
1
g
1
%
Protein
22
g
44
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Baharat is a Middle Eastern spice blend similar to Ras el hanout and also not far off from Garam Masala from Indian cuisine, you can find it in many markets these days or make your own Here is a recipe to make your own Baharat, but feel free to adjust it to your liking.
– 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
– 2 tablespoons ground paprika
– 2 tablespoons ground black pepper
– 2 tablespoons ground coriander
– 2 tablespoons ground cumin
– 1 tablespoon ground allspice
– 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
– 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
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*Tamar Genger MA, RD | **Executive Editor *
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What is baharat?
Maybe ginger is hawaij just in Rehovot (it’s also called zangovil I believe) and yes the coffee spice mixture is also great. Rehovot is a great place for Yemenite spices – also Ethiopian spices if anyone is interested.
Interesting, never saw it referring to ginger, but did you also know there is the soup spice hawaii and the coffee spice version? The coffee blend is cardamom and cinnamon and a few other things and many people mix it into their coffee. It is a nice blend for cakes too.
I love Hawaij, it would work well in this recipe too.
Just a note to point out that hawaij is ginger in English, and hawaij le’marak is a spice mixture.
Try using the Yemenite spice mixture – hawaj leMarak – instead of the baharat mixture. It’s great.
Savta Patricia