Best Lebanese Chicken with Rice
Best Lebanese Chicken with Rice

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. 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:
  1. Take 4 chicken thighs
  2. Take 2 chicken breasts
  3. Prepare 300 g finely ground beef
  4. Make ready 2 cups white rice
  5. Take 1 big onion
  6. Take 1 small onion, finely shopped
  7. Get 1/4 cup raw pine nuts, roasted
  8. Get 1/4 cup almonds, roasted
  9. Take 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
  10. Make ready 2 liters water
  11. Get 1 cinnamon stick
  12. Take 3 bay leaves
  13. Make ready 3 cardamom pods
  14. Prepare 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  15. Take 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  16. Get 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions to make Best Lebanese Chicken with Rice:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Once cooked, remove the chicken from the saucepan and set aside. Strain the chicken broth and keep aside for later use.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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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