Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken maqluba (iraqi). One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Chicken Maqluba (Iraqi) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Chicken Maqluba (Iraqi) is something that I have loved my whole life.
Maqluba is traditional Syrian, Iraqi, Palestinian, and Jordanian dish. The dish consists of meat , rice, and fried vegetables placed in a pot. In Arabic, Maqluba (Makloubeh or Maqlooba) means "Upside Down" since we take the pot and flip it upside down directly on the large plate.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook chicken maqluba (iraqi) using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Maqluba (Iraqi):
- Take 1 Kg Chicken Thighs
- Take 2 Aubergines
- Get 3 Tomatoes
- Prepare 2 Onions
- Take 2 Bell Peppers
- Prepare 4 Potatoes
- Get 2 Cups Rice
- Make ready 3 Tbsp Tomato Puree
- Get 2 Stock Cube (Chicken/Veg)
- Get 2 Tbsp Turmeric
- Get 2 Tbsp Cumin
- Prepare 1 Tbsp Salt
- Get 1 Tbsp Garlic Paste (3 Cloves)
- Get 1 Tbsp Mixed Herbs
- Prepare Vegetable Oil
On a hot July afternoon, Jamila cooked a beautiful chicken and cauliflower maqluba for us. Maqluba (or maqlouba, makluba) is Palestine's national dish. Most families will gather over a maqluba about once a week. While there are different versions of it, the basic principle is in its name - 'maqluba' means upside down.
Steps to make Chicken Maqluba (Iraqi):
- Season the chicken overnight with Mixed herbs, Turmeric and Cumin. - In a large deep pot, fry garlic and the chicken on both sides for 5-10minutes making sure to season with more Cumin and Turmeric to taste. Remove the chicken and add to a baking tray, cover with foil and place in a 200C heated oven to bake for up to 45minutes.
- In circular shapes, slice the Onions, Aubergines, Bell peppers, Potatoes and Tomatoes, then season with salt. In the same pot, fry the vegetables and set them on paper towel to soak up the extra oil after frying. Align the vegetables neatly at the bottom of the pot layering it from Aubergines, Tomatoes, Bell Peppers, Onions and Potatoes before adding the cooked chicken.
- Wash the rice before cooking and in a separate pot, use the same oil used to fry the chicken and vegetables and add 3 Tbsp Tomato Puree. Add the rice into the pot, sauté for a minute before adding 2 cups of water with 2 Chicken/Veg Stock Cube. Allow the water to start boiling before turning the heat to low. Cover the pot with foil, its own lid followed by two tea towels. Check the rice 10/15minutes later, stirring once ever so gently and adding water if needed.
- Once the rice is cooked, add to the pot of vegetables and chicken making sure its stacked neatly. Cook on a low heat for 10minutes, leave to cool for few minutes and then add a large tray on top of the uncovered pot. Flip over gently and letting it rest for few minutes to hold shape. Remove the pot slowly and gently to avoid the maqluba from collapsing.
Chicken or meat; cauliflower or eggplant; tomatoes or no tomatoes, there many combinations to this, even before you start thinking outside the "traditional" box. Maqluba is more a method than a recipe. As long as you know the principle behind the dish, i.e. the layering, the use of some sort of fat, allspice, rice and meat - or even just. Return the cooking liquid to a boil and add the rice. If the rice is dry, add a little more water.
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