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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have 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:
- Make ready 4 chicken thighs
- Prepare 2 chicken breasts
- Prepare 300 g finely ground beef
- Get 2 cups white rice
- Prepare 1 big onion
- Prepare 1 small onion, finely shopped
- Prepare 1/4 cup raw pine nuts, roasted
- Prepare 1/4 cup almonds, roasted
- Make ready 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Prepare 2 liters water
- Take 1 cinnamon stick
- Prepare 3 bay leaves
- Get 3 cardamom pods
- Make ready 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Take 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions to make Best Lebanese Chicken with Rice:
- 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.
- 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.
- Once cooked, remove the chicken from the saucepan and set aside. Strain the chicken broth and keep aside for later use.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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