Recipe
Arab Chicken and Rice Recipe
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Preparation time : 30 Min
Cooking time : 40 Min
Level of difficulty : Low
Ingredients
0 servings
- 1 fresh chicken
- 2 tablespoons bezar (pepper)
- salt to taste
- 4 1/2 cups chicken stock
- 2 fresh tomatoes chopped
- 6 cloves garlic
- 3 whole dried loomi (ripe limes boiled in salt water ) or 2 lemon juice
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 8 cardamom
- 4 cups rice
- 3 onions sliced and browned in olive oil
Preparation
-Wash and soak rice in water for two hours Drain it
- Clean chicken and cut into 8 pieces. Rub with salt and bezar or pepper. Gently fry in a little samen or olive oil until golden brown on both sides.
- Transfer to a pot, add a little oil and add the stock, garlic, loomi or lemon juice, cinnamon, cardamom, curry leaves and tomatoes. Cover and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes on a low heat.
- Taste for salt and add the drained rice. Boil gently on a low heat (don't stir). Once the water has been absorbed, cover pan with damp cloth and a heavy lid.
- Leave to steam, unopened, for 15-20 minutes, turn off the heat and stand for 10 minutes before serving. Serve hot on a platter.
