Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, best lebanese chicken with rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Best Lebanese Chicken with Rice is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Best Lebanese Chicken with Rice is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook best lebanese chicken with rice using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Best Lebanese Chicken with Rice:
- Make ready 4 chicken thighs
- Make ready 2 chicken breasts
- Take 300 g finely ground beef
- Prepare 2 cups white rice
- Prepare 1 big onion
- Make ready 1 small onion, finely shopped
- Make ready 1/4 cup raw pine nuts, roasted
- Get 1/4 cup almonds, roasted
- Take 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Take 2 liters water
- Make ready 1 cinnamon stick
- Take 3 bay leaves
- Take 3 cardamom pods
- Prepare 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
Steps to make Best Lebanese Chicken with Rice:
- In a frying pan, lightly fry the chicken pieces on both sides in 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Remove and put in a saucepan. The chicken shouldn’t be completely cooked.
- Add 2 liters of water over the chicken pieces and let it boil. As the water boils remove with a spoon any foam that might form on the water surface. Discard. Once the foam removed add 1 onion, cinnamon stick, cardamom pods and bay leaves to the water. Cover the pan with a lid keeping a small opening to prevent the water to overflow while boiling. Keep on medium heat until the chicken is well cooked.
- Once cooked, remove the chicken from the saucepan and set aside. Strain the chicken broth and keep aside for later use.
- In a deep pan, fry the chopped onion with 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil until golden, then add the ground meat and keep on cooking until meat turns brown.
- Add the rice, salt, pepper and cinnamon. Toss for 2 min then add 4 cups of chicken broth. Cover and let it simmer for 25 min or until rice is well cooked.
- To serve, put the rice in a large plate, place the chicken pieces on top. Sprinkle with the roasted almonds and pine nuts.
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