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Bedouin Sand-Baked Chicken

Name: Bedouin Sand-Baked Chicken
Total time: 2h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Egypt
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken; 2 onions, quartered; 1 whole head garlic; 2 tbsp cumin; 1 tbsp coriander seed; 1 tbsp pepper; 3 tbsp ghee; Salt; Foil

Sinai Bedouin desert cook — a whole chicken buried in hot sand under coals with onion, garlic and cumin until it falls off the bone.

2h 4 servings Medium

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken
• 2 onions, quartered
• 1 whole head garlic
• 2 tbsp cumin
• 1 tbsp coriander seed
• 1 tbsp pepper
• 3 tbsp ghee
• Salt
• Foil

Method

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Rub chicken with ghee, salt and spice; stuff cavity with onion and garlic.

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1
Rub chicken with ghee, salt and spice; stuff cavity with onion and garlic.
2
Wrap tightly in two layers of foil.
3
Bury in hot sand with coals on top 90 min (or oven 180°C for 90 min on a tray).
4
Unwrap; catch the juices and serve with flatbread.