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Chicken Kabsa

Name: Chicken Kabsa
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Saudi Arabia
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

Fragrant Saudi rice cooked with whole chicken, tomato and warm baharat spices — a feast for sharing.

Photo: Miansari66 · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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

Step 1 of 425%

Brown chicken in oil; remove. Soften onion, garlic, ginger.

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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.