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Chicken Kabsa
Fragrant Saudi rice cooked with whole chicken, tomato and warm baharat spices — a feast for sharing.
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1h 30m 6 servings Medium
Ingredients
- • 1 whole chicken, in pieces
- • 3 cups basmati rice, soaked
- • 2 onions, 4 garlic, 1 thumb ginger
- • 4 tomatoes, 2 tbsp tomato paste
- • 2 tbsp kabsa spice mix (baharat, cardamom, cinnamon, clove, dried lime)
- • Toasted almonds and raisins to garnish
Method
- 1
Brown chicken in oil; remove. Soften onion, garlic, ginger.
- 2
Add tomato, paste and spices. Cook 5 min, return chicken with water to cover.
- 3
Simmer 40 min until chicken is tender. Lift chicken out, broil to crisp skin.
- 4
Cook rice in the spiced broth 15 min until fluffy. Plate rice, top with chicken, almonds and raisins.