Saudi Kabsa
The pride of the Arabian Peninsula — fragrant spiced rice cooked with whole chicken, tomatoes and dried fruits, finished with fried onions and toasted nuts.
1h 20m
6 people
- / 5.0
Uploaded by
halalme
🥘 Ingredients
1.5 kg whole chicken (jointed)
500 g basmati rice
2 tbsp kabsa spice blend
2 dried black lime (loomi)
400 g tinned chopped tomatoes
2 large onions
40 g raisins
50 g toasted almonds
👨🍳 Instructions
Heat ghee in a large pot. Fry onions until golden. Add whole spices (cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, bay leaf) and stir 1 minute.
Add chicken pieces and brown on all sides. Add ginger, garlic, kabsa spice blend and black lime (loomi). Stir 2 minutes.
Add tinned tomatoes and 800ml water. Bring to a boil, then simmer covered for 40 minutes.
Remove chicken. Strain and measure the broth. Add washed rice to the broth (1.5 cups broth per cup rice). Cook covered on low heat for 18 minutes.
Rest rice 10 minutes. Meanwhile, re-crisp the chicken under a hot grill for 5 minutes.
Serve rice topped with chicken, fried onions, raisins and toasted almonds.
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