Saudi Chicken Kabsa
Saudi Chicken Kabsa

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, saudi chicken kabsa. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

This was the first Arabic dish I ever made and it turned out extremely delicious, a new favorite! Serve Al Kabsa with a fresh mixed cucumber, carrot, lettuce, and tomato salad – preferably with a little lime vinaigrette. Season chicken with salt and pepper.

Saudi Chicken Kabsa is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Saudi Chicken Kabsa is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook saudi chicken kabsa using 24 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Saudi Chicken Kabsa:
  1. Make ready 500 grams chicken
  2. Take 300 grams basmati rice
  3. Make ready 2 onions sliced
  4. Get 2 tomato(puree)
  5. Make ready 2 bay leaves
  6. Prepare 4 cardamom
  7. Get 6 cloves
  8. Prepare 1 dry lemon
  9. Make ready 1 tbsp chopped ginger
  10. Make ready 1 tbsp chopped garlic
  11. Get 1 tsp lemon zest
  12. Get 1 tsp pepper powder
  13. Prepare 1 tbsp coriander powder
  14. Prepare 1 tbsp cumin powder
  15. Take 1/2 tsp clove powder
  16. Get 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
  17. Get 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
  18. Get 1/2 tsp nutmeg powder
  19. Make ready 1 tbsp grated carrot
  20. Get 3 tbsp butter
  21. Get 2 tbsp oil
  22. Take 2 tbsp almond(peeled)
  23. Prepare 2 tbsp cashew
  24. Prepare To taste Salt

This chicken is then removed and either fried or grilled while the broth is used to cook the rice. The result is a mouth-watering aromatic dish which smells lemony and spicy. Kabsa is a traditional Saudi dish - and some people say it was originated from Yemen- that consists mainly of rice and meat. A deliciously spiced chicken and rice dinner usually made with lamb meat but you can use beef/chicken as well.

Steps to make Saudi Chicken Kabsa:
  1. Soak rice for 30 minutes.
  2. Melt butter and pour oil in a kadai,add bay leaves,cardamom, cinnamon sticks,cloves,dry lemon and onions.
  3. Once the onion turns golden brown, add chopped ginger and garlic (don't add paste)salt,lemon zest and chicken pieces. Close and cook for 5-8 minutes.
  4. Add cumin powder, coriander powder, pepper powder, cardamom powder, cinnamon powder, cloves powder and nutmeg powder.
  5. Add tomato puree and grated carrot,saute and cook for 5-10 minutes.
  6. Once the chicken is cooked remove the chicken from kadhai and shift to baking tray to grill
  7. Now add soaked rice and water (1:2 ratio)
  8. Close and cook till the rice is completely cooked.
  9. Meanwhile grill in 200 degree C for 30 minutes and toss in butter.
  10. Heat a piece of charcoal chunks in heat and place it in a small bowl and pour oil,once it started emitting flame keep the bowl in grilled chicken bowl and close for 5 minutes to get the smokey flavour.
  11. Finally keep the chicken on top of rice kadhai.
  12. Keep the kadhai on top of a tawa to dum for 15 minutes.
  13. Fry the almonds and cashews in ghee.
  14. Saudi chicken kabsa(national dish of Saudi Arabia)is ready,garnish with fried nuts and serve.

Kabsa is the very definition of a one pot dish of chicken and rice. Bake the chicken in the oven with some oil for half an hour to slightly brown the chicken pieces. The chicken is partially baked to ensure it is cooked through when it is cooked with the rice. Al kabsa (or kabsa) is a traditional delicious chicken and rice dish from Saudi Arabia that is prepared with raisins, almonds, pistachios and pine nuts. It is considered the king of Saudi and Middle Eastern cuisines for its delicious flavor.

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