Mansaf with Meat Shanks

Ingredients

• Long-grain Indian rice
• Finely ground meat
• Bone-in shank meat
• Fried nuts for garnish
• Ghee
• Seven-spice blend
• Cinnamon
• White pepper
• Sweet spice
• Chicken bouillon cube
• Mansaf with meat shanks recipe by a friend and cook from the What Are We Cooking Today website:
• Rania Saloum
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• Also from Rania... Chicken Kabsa with Roasted Chicken
• For more delicious rice recipes, try Rania's Eggplant Maqluba with Ground Meat

Method

1. Start by boiling the bone-in shank meat with the aromatics.
2. Leave the meat over low heat for 2 hours until well cooked... we will also use the broth to cook the rice.
   Timers: 120 min
3. In a second pot, start preparing the rice... sauté the minced meat in a little ghee with the spices until it changes color, then add the bouillon cube and stir well.
4. When the bouillon cube dissolves, add the washed and well-drained rice and stir over low heat until the rice is lightly toasted and absorbs the ghee.
5. Add the broth from cooking the meat over the rice at a ratio of 2 cups of broth for every 1 cup of long-grain rice. Adjust the salt and spices, stir, and leave the pot over high heat until the broth comes to a boil.
6. Reduce the heat when the broth reaches the level of the rice... drizzle ghee over the top, cover the pot for 20 minutes, or until done.
   Timers: 20 min
7. Meanwhile, place the bone-in meat in a baking tray, brush it with ghee, and brown it.
8. Transfer the rice to a large serving platter, arrange the meat on top, and garnish with fried nuts.