Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, chicken with rice and ground meat - riz 3a djej. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
I'm Anthony Rahayel, passionate Lebanese, dental surgeon by profession, professional photographer, advocate of great food, blogger. This traditional Lebanese chicken and rice dish is one of my favorites. Flavorful, seasoned rice, topped with juicy chicken and studded with nuts—it is, for me, the purest definition of comfort food. This delicious Lebanese rice with chicken dish known as roz a djej in Arabic, is served at every large family gathering, party, and holiday dinner (Even Thanksgiving!).
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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken with rice and ground meat - riz 3a djej using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken with rice and ground meat - riz 3a djej:
- Take 4 chicken thighs
- Get 2 chicken breasts
- Take 300 g finely ground beef
- Prepare 2 cups white rice
- Get 1 big onion
- Prepare 1 small onion, finely chopped
- Make ready 1/4 cup pine nuts, roasted
- Get 1/4 cup almonds, roasted
- Get 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Get 2 liters water
- Take 1 cinnamon stick
- Make ready 3 bay leaves
- Get 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Prepare 1 teaspoon salt
- Get 3 cardamom pods
- Make ready 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook the ground beef until evenly brown. Savory chicken with white rice, scrambled eggs, sweet peas, onions, carrots tossed with soy sauce and finished with diced tomatoes. Cook rice according to package instructions. While cooking the rice, heat a well-oiled skillet over high heat.
Steps to make Chicken with rice and ground meat - riz 3a djej:
- In a frying pan, lightly fry the chicken pieces on both sides in 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Remove and put in a saucepan. The chicken shouldn't be completely cooked.
- Add 2 liters of water over the chicken pieces and let it boil. As the water boils remove with a spoon any foam that might form on the water surface. Discard. Once the foam removed add 1 onion, cinnamon stick, cardamom pods and bay leaves to the water. Cover the pan with a lid keeping a small opening to prevent the water to overflow while boiling. Keep on medium heat until the chicken is well cooked.
- Once cooked, remove the chicken from the saucepan and set aside. Strain the chicken broth and keep aside for later use.
- In a deep pan, fry the chopped onion with 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil until golden, then add the ground meat and keep on cooking until meat turns brown.
- Add the rice, salt, pepper and cinnamon. Toss for 2 min then add 4 cups of chicken broth. Cover and let it simmer for 25 min or until rice is well cooked.
- To serve, put the rice in a large plate, place the chicken pieces on top. Sprinkle with the roasted almonds and pine nuts.
Cook rice according to package instructions. While cooking the rice, heat a well-oiled skillet over high heat. Cook the ground chicken until the golden in color, about. Using homemade chicken stock as a soup as well as to cook your rice and veggies ties together this light and flavorful meal that is a true Singapore staple. Slice chicken meat into bite size portions and arrange on plate, spooning a small amount of broth over the top.
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