Found a jar of Harissa at TJ Maxx...

[escondido123]

Brought it home and have no idea how to use it. Anybody out there have a recipe they love using harissa?

[Bellachefa]

I rub it all over lamb, and let it marinate before grilling

[tissue]

I like it on hot dogs or sausages

[BamiaWruz]

http://jamiehassen.multiply.com/recipes/item/13/Marquit_Jilbana

http://forum.mowolf.com/showthread.ph...

I tried to do a search in arabic for you to find some authentic recipes.

I would put it on fish, meat, chicken (maybe with preserved lemons?)

A pizza maybe? It goes well with cheese. Or maybe small middle eastern breads topped with ground lamb and pine nuts and some harissa, squeeze some lemon after baking.

[chowmeaow]

Love harissa. I first found it at farmer's market. I too got one jar from tjmaxx.

I have used it as spread on a sandwich. Jazzes up any sandwich, trust me !!
It can be used as aioli or dip. or in scrambled eggs. It is not very hot, more like hot-sweet taste ( the one from farmer's market atleast). I have yet to open the tjmaxx jar.
But I have better heat-tolerance, I eat Indian food.
Add a dash in otherwise creamy pasta sauce.

[rose water]

on fish--let it sit for a couple hours before cooking
mixed with mayo or yogurt for coleslaw, or on french fries or sweet potato fries

[LaureltQ]

This is one of my favorites. Replace most of the spices with harissa, and add some extra cayenne. It's magnificent.

[goodhealthgourmet]

This is one of my favorites.
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[LaureltQ]

I suppose it would help if i included a link http://homeindisarray.blogspot.com/20...

[escondido123]

Thank you all for your recipes and ideas. This particular harissa is made with sundried tomatoes so it would certainly jazz up a simple tomato sauce. Will also be considering the yogurt mix and something in the couscous family since that gives me a chance to consider a dish I've only cooked in passing.

[italia84]

Wait,it's like a paste? I have some harissa but it's a ground powder. How can I use this? Thanks!

[escondido123]

Mine is a paste in a jar, a lot like sundried tomatoes.

[katecm]

There isn't much better than harissa and yogurt mixed as a dip or a sauce. But I also like to braise meat with lots of a variety of peppers in the harissa, broth, and tomato paste, then serve on top of couscous.

[themags]

Oh I agree - harissa and yoghurt with a grilled lamb chop is divine. Last night I mixed some harissa with olive oil and coated some chicken thighs and drumsticks and baked - simple and yummy.

[HillJ]

I added a healthy tablespoon of jarred harissa to a stuffed peppers recipe (crockpot style) recently and the blend really upped the warmth of flavor. I used ground lamb, black rice, onions, parsley and a bit of celery. The broth was equal parts tomato juice & beef stock and the harissa also flavored the broth nicely. I used the poaching liquid to make farro later that day and that was also delicious (made a cold salad from the prepared farro).

[wattacetti]

Go get yourself a bottle of full-sugar Dr. Pepper and some pork butt/shoulder. Braise in the proportion of your liking, 300ºF for about 12 hours or when the bone pulls cleanly.

[onceadaylily]

It is also a nice addition to shakshuka (also called eggs in purgatory), and also goes quite well with some fish. And I know that there are a few threads on CH concerning favorite uses which would be worth checking out.

ETA: Here are two threads that look a little promising, escondido:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/284640
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/542838

[escondido123]

Thanks so much. I put harissa into the CH search and didn't see either one of those, guess I had to flip through a few more "pages."

[onceadaylily]

You're welcome. I always use google for my chowhound searches (type your query into google, followed by 'chowhound'). I might have to revise the query a few times, but I'm usually successful in finding what I need within one or two tries.

And I think it never hurts to ask a question again. A new poster, one who doesn't want to resurrect an old thread, might have something interesting to add.

[goodhealthgourmet]

few more here:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/510113
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/479717
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/583530
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/625701

[onceadaylily]

I summoned the master. ;) You *are* good. The first one is the one I was actually thinking of when I searched, the one that interested me enough to buy my own jar.

[goodhealthgourmet]

ha! Search Queen, at your service :) i added another good one to that post that i accidentally left off earlier - look at the last link.

[onceadaylily]

That is a good one! Bloody Mary's, paprikash, Tunisian cooking, and pizza. Escondido may have to pick up another jar, heh?

[greygarious]

I suspect the posters who are unsuccessful in searching aren't clicking on the Advanced Search button to access the additional archive options.

I don't know if they still have it, but Trader Joe's used to have an English Cheddar with harissa blended in. The presence of fat cut the spiciness for low-heat-tolerance palates like mine.

[sunshine842]

it's a North African hot sauce -- so a tajine or couscous would be the first stop.