Chicken Kabsa recipe famous as Chicken Machboos is a special Arabic Rice and chicken popular all around the Middle East and Saudi Arabian region. Steamed cooked Kabsa rice with oven-baked chicken makes a perfect taste to serve at dinner and lunch. Family favorite kabsa rice that everyone loves.
Ingredients:
- 250 gms Chicken
- 1.5 cups Soaked Basmati Rice
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- ½ cup Onion chopped
- 1 teaspoon Ginger Grated
- 1 teaspoon Garlic Grated
- 1.5 teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Cardamom Powder
- ½ teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
- ½ teaspoon Cinnamon Powder
- ½ teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 1 Dried Lemon
- 1.5 teaspoon Tomato Paste
- 1 cup Fresh Tomato Cubes
- 2 glasses Water
- Kabsa Topping
- 1 tablespoon Almonds boiled, peeled & roasted
- ½ tablespoon Raisins roasted
Instructions
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Soak the basmati rice before 30 minutes of cooking.
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Cut, clean, and wash the Chicken Pieces.
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Add oil in a heated pan.
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Place chopped onion in heated oil and saute for few minutes until the onion becomes translucent.
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Add grated ginger and garlic in onion and saute together.
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As the onion starts to change color then add chicken and cook on high heat.
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Continuous stir until the chicken starts to change color.
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Now season with salt, cardamom powder, cinnamon powder, black pepper, and garlic powder.
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Mix well and cook for few seconds to get rid of the spice rawness.
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Now add tomato paste and mix well.
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Add fresh tomato cubes (peeled skin and deseed).
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Cook well and stir until the tomatoes blend and start forming a gravy.
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Now add water and give it a good mix.
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Cover and cook for 20 minutes.
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After 20 minutes, take out the chicken and keep it in a baking dish to bake.
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Just bake the chicken for 10 minutes at 220 degrees to give it a nice golden color.
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In a gravy, add soaked rice and give it a gentle mix.
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Cover the pan and cook for 20 to 25 minutes until the rice cook on the stovetop.
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In the meanwhile, Boil the almonds and peel the skin.
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Roast the almonds and raisins.
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Pan-fry the shredded carrots and place on rice (optional)
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Now set the platter.
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In a big platter, place the rice and add the chicken on top.
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Topped with roasted almonds and raisins.
