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Chicken Machbous Spiced Rice

Name: Chicken Machbous Spiced Rice
Total time: 2 h 19 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 40 g ghee; 2 large onions, chopped; 1 tbsp Gulf baharat spice mix; 1 tsp ground turmeric; 1½ kg whole chicken, cut into joints; 375 g tomatoes, peeled and chopped; 3 whole cloves; ½ tsp ground dried lime, or the zest of ½ lemon; 2 pieces cinnamon bark; 6 cardamom pods; 3 tsp salt; 625 ml water; 400 g basmati rice; 2 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped; 2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, chopped; pickles, to taste; salad, to taste; flatbread, to taste

Chicken pieces and basmati rice cooked together in one pot with baharat, turmeric, cloves, cardamom and herbs, then piled on a platter with the chicken in the centre.

YieldServes 6
Hands-on35 min
Total2 h 19 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Base

40 gghee
2large onions, chopped
1 tbspGulf baharat spice mix
1 tspground turmeric
1½ kgwhole chicken, cut into joints
375 gtomatoes, peeled and chopped
3whole cloves
½ tspground dried lime, or the zest of ½ lemon
2 piecescinnamon bark
6cardamom pods
3 tspsalt
625 mlwater

Rice

400 gbasmati rice
2 tbspcoriander leaves, chopped
2 tbspflat-leaf parsley, chopped

To serve

to tastepickles
to tastesalad
to tasteflatbread

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Mustard
Sulfites
Legumes (any)
Fenugreek
Wheat
Rice
Citrus fruits (any)
Lime
Nightshades (any)
Tomato
Chili peppers
Onion family (any)
Onion
Garlic
Cabbage family (any)
Lettuce
Cucumber
Turmeric
Parsley
Cilantro / coriander
Dill
Black and white pepper
Allspice
Cinnamon
Clove
Nutmeg
Cardamom
Cumin
Paprika
Yeast
Poultry and birds (any)
Chicken
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)

Taste

Heat
Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh
Aromatic spice

Texture

Tender-braised

Equipment

Stovetop

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weeknight
Entertaining

Effort

20–45 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 3
Leftovers-friendly
One pot

Nutrition

Calories: high
Protein: high
Carbs: high
Fat: high
Fiber: high
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: moderate

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