What is Middle Eastern Chicken Rice?

It is a mild spiced one-pot chicken rice dish in which the marinated chicken is cooked along with flavored rice and garnished with lots of nuts.

Which rice is best for this recipe?

Basmati rice is the best choice for this recipe. But it can also be replaced with jasmine rice.

Middle Eastern Chicken And Rice

Name: Middle Eastern Chicken And Rice
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 1.1 lb Chicken (cut and cleaned); 1½ cup Basmati rice; 2 tsp Ginger garlic paste; ½ cup Yellow onion (thinly sliced); 1 tsp Chili powder; 1 tsp Turmeric powder; 1 tsp Coriander powder; 2 Bay leaves; 1 tsp Cumin seeds; 1 tsp Fennel seeds; 1 Cinnamon stick; 4 Cloves; 4 Green cardamom; 4 Dry red chili; 3 Cardamom; ¼ cup Cooking oil; Salt; 3 cups Water

To Prepare Middle Eastern Chicken Rice

Grind the above ingredients for grinding into dry powder
Marinate the chicken pieces with the dry powder, chili powder, coriander powder, 1 tsp of ginger garlic paste, and salt to taste, keep it aside for 15 to 20 minutes
Wash and soak the basmati rice for 15 minutes
In a wide bottom, pan add cooking oil of your choice and fry the marinated chicken until brown on medium flame and reserve it for later
With the remaining oil in the pan, add cumin, cardamom, bay leaves, onion and toss until the onions are translucent
Add 1 tsp of ginger garlic paste, remaining dry powder, turmeric and toss until the raw aroma leaves
Now add the soaked basmati rice, give it a stir and add 3 cups of water, salt to taste
Nestle the fried chicken pieces into the rice, lid the pan and cook it for 20 to 30 minutes on low medium flame until the rice is cooked and fluffy
Sprinkle fried cashews and golden raisins

Middle Eastern Chicken And Rice

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