Simplified Chicken Kabsa - Arabic Rice Dish Recipe
Kabsa is an Arabic favorite rice dish popular in many Gulf countries such as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates. Because Kabsa is really delicious, it became famous dish in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Egypt
This is a chicken version of the Kabsa recipe, Shannon's SIMPLIFIED version :) The traditional recipe requires tomato, but I omitted in my recipe because I prefer the taste without it. And I use brown rice, instead of white rice. When cooking brown rice, try to soak the rice for 1 hour before cooking. Or if you are like me, deciding to cook this recipe in the spur of the moment, add double the amount of water.
You can also replace chicken with Beef or Lamb Shoulder, the aroma of the red meat blended with the rice is is so good too!
Ingredients
- 2 Tsp Olive Oil
- Half chicken, cut up
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1 small carrot, grated
- grated peel of 1 orange
- 3 whole cloves
- 3 cardamom pods
- 1 star anise
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 4 white pepper
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup brown rice
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup ground almonds
Directions
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 389g | |
| Recipe makes 2 servings | |
| Calories 632 | |
| Calories from Fat 143 | 23% |
| Total Fat 16.37g | 20% |
| Saturated Fat 3.27g | 13% |
| Trans Fat 0.08g | |
| Cholesterol 45mg | 15% |
| Sodium 78mg | 3% |
| Potassium 725mg | 21% |
| Total Carbs 98.18g | 26% |
| Dietary Fiber 6.4g | 21% |
| Sugars 16.42g | 11% |
| Protein 24.71g | 40% |
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September 7, 2011This looks great! Thanks for sharing. I've saved it to the Try Soon folder in my recipe box and will let you know how it is!
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