Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chicken with rice and ground meat - riz 3a djej. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
I'm Anthony Rahayel, passionate Lebanese, dental surgeon by profession, professional photographer, advocate of great food, blogger. This traditional Lebanese chicken and rice dish is one of my favorites. Flavorful, seasoned rice, topped with juicy chicken and studded with nuts—it is, for me, the purest definition of comfort food. This delicious Lebanese rice with chicken dish known as roz a djej in Arabic, is served at every large family gathering, party, and holiday dinner (Even Thanksgiving!).
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken with rice and ground meat - riz 3a djej using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken with rice and ground meat - riz 3a djej:
- Make ready 4 chicken thighs
- Prepare 2 chicken breasts
- Make ready 300 g finely ground beef
- Get 2 cups white rice
- Get 1 big onion
- Prepare 1 small onion, finely chopped
- Prepare 1/4 cup pine nuts, roasted
- Make ready 1/4 cup almonds, roasted
- Prepare 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Get 2 liters water
- Prepare 1 cinnamon stick
- Take 3 bay leaves
- Take 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Prepare 1 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 3 cardamom pods
- Prepare 1 teaspoon cinnamon
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Steps to make Chicken with rice and ground meat - riz 3a djej:
- 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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