Mains
ChefLoubna Fawaz
Chicken Kabsa
A tested, easy chicken kabsa recipe you should try. You can grill or fry the chicken to suit your preference.
Ingredients
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- Bone-in chicken breasts
- Aromatics/spices for boiling the chicken
- 1 teaspoon chicken spice
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 4 cloves garlic
- Fresh grated ginger
- 1 onion
- 1 tomato
- 1 tablespoon hot pepper - as desired
- 3 cups rice - or as desired
- Kabsa special spice blend
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
Method
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- Wash the chicken well and rub it with salt, vinegar, and lemon
- Then wash the chicken again and place it in the colander
- Put the chicken in a deep pot and cook for about 15 minutes over the heat with a spoon of oil and various aromatics such as bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, nutmeg, and cardamom podsTimers: 15 min
- Add water over the chicken and aromatics to cover the pieces and simmer them for about an hour and a half
- Now to prepare the kabsa
- Fry the mashed garlic, chopped onion, and grated ginger in a tablespoon of vegetable oil. When the onion and garlic soften, add the chopped tomato and hot pepper...
- Stir them then add 4 colored sweet peppers and 6 large grated carrots on top...
- Stir the mixture again with a little salt and the special kabsa spice, add the washed and drained rice and toss it with the vegetables
- Add the chicken cooking broth and two tablespoons kabsa spice, one tablespoon turmeric, one small tablespoon fennel, and one tablespoon tomato paste...
- When the rice boils, reduce the heat and leave the rice on low heat until cooked
- Meanwhile, we have fried or grilled the chicken as desired. Pour the rice into a wide serving dish and garnish with the chicken and nuts as desired
Recipe tags
MainsGulfDairy freeGluten freeNut freeEgg freeHigh proteinBoiledEidChickenRice
