How to Make Authentic Kuwaiti Machboos

To prepare delicious Kuwaiti machboos, use this detailed and clear recipe. Machboos is one of the best Gulf dishes ever—if you try it once, you’ll make it a hundred times!

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1 whole chicken or large broiler chicken, washed and cut into piecesChicken boiling aromatics: 1 black loomi (dried lime) / 2 cinnamon sticks / bay leaves / whole coriander seeds / whole cumin seeds / star anise or cloves / 1 whole garlic head with its skin / 1 dried onionOlive oilGround spices: ground cinnamon / black pepper / ground cardamom / salt

To prepare the rice

3 cups basmati rice, soaked for 1 hour in warm water and drained1/4 cup rose waterA pinch of saffronA pinch of ground cardamom4 large onionsLoomi powderYellow raisins, soaked for 1 hour in warm water and drainedSalt1 kilo very ripe red tomatoes1 tablespoon tomato paste1 large garlic clove1 loomi

To make the daqooq or sauce

Serving

Step 1

Stir the chicken with a little olive oil until the pink color disappears, then cover the chicken with boiling water along with the aromatics (without salt) and let it cook until done.

Cooking notes

Place the rice in a large serving dish, arrange the chicken pieces on top, and garnish with the onion and raisins. Serve the daqooq alongside it in a separate bowl.
Authentic Kuwaiti machboos recipe and method from the friend and cook of the What Are You Cooking Today website:
Mays Khalid Al-Othman
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