Upside-down rice with fava beans and chicken... a home-style recipe that may be new to many

Ingredients:

Chicken

Seasonings for boiling the chicken

1/4 cup oil or 1 large spoonful of ghee

1 medium onion, finely chopped

3 cloves garlic, crushed

1/2 kilo green fava beans, or whole fava beans in their outer pods

2 cups rice

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon seven-spice blend

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon turmeric

1/4 teaspoon dried coriander

Chicken stock

Fried nuts for garnish

Preparation method:

Wash the chicken, then boil it with the seasonings until cooked through
Put 1/4 cup oil or 1 large spoonful of ghee in a pot over the heat and sauté the chopped onion and crushed garlic in the oil
When they soften, add the chicken pieces and stir
After a short while, when the chicken starts to color, add the green fava beans, shelled or whole after cutting
Add the rice too, after soaking it for half an hour in advance and draining it, then stir
Add the salt and spices and stir, then cover the rice with the strained chicken stock, free of the boiling seasonings... at a rate of 1 1/2 cups of stock for each cup of rice, or according to the type of rice
After the stock comes to a boil... reduce the heat under the pot and cover it
Leave the rice over low heat for half an hour until cooked
Serve the rice with fava beans and chicken in a serving dish and garnish with fried nuts... and you can add more pieces of boiled and oven-roasted chicken on top, as desired

This delicious recipe, upside-down rice with fava beans and chicken, is from our friend and cook at Who’s Cooking Today

Amir Youssef

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For more from Amir, here is Francisco Sandwiches

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Upside-Down Rice with Fava Beans and Chicken

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