Chicken Machboos (spiced rice with chicken)

Recipe No.: E-1

Emirati70 minServes 4

Machboos is one of the best-known spiced rice dishes of the Gulf, and its recipes developed alongside the sea trade in rice and spices. Almost every Emirati home has its own touch in the loomi (dried black lime), the spices and how deeply the onions are browned.

Ingredients for Chicken Machboos

• 1chicken (about 1 kg), cut into pieces
• 2 cupsbasmati rice
• 2medium onions, chopped
• 2tomatoes, chopped
• 4 clovesgarlic
• 2loomi (dried black limes)
• 2 tspmachboos spice mix
• ½ tspturmeric
• 3 tbspoil
• about 4 cupshot water
• salt to taste

Method

1. Wash the rice and soak it for 20 minutes, then drain.
2. Brown the onions in the oil until soft and golden; add the garlic, tomatoes and spices and stir for 3 minutes.
3. Add the chicken, loomi and enough water to cover the chicken; cover and cook for 30–40 minutes until fully cooked.
4. Set the chicken aside and measure the broth; use about 3 cups of broth for every 2 cups of rice, adding water if needed.
5. Add the rice to the boiling broth, lower the heat once the liquid is absorbed, and cover for 18–20 minutes.
6. Serve the rice with the chicken; you can brown the chicken in the oven for 5 minutes before serving.

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