Lebanon

Riz a djej

Name: Riz a djej
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Lebanese
Ingredients: 1 kg bone in pieces chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces); 2 cups rinsed basmati rice; 300 g lamb or beef mince minced beef (beef mince, beef or buff keema); 1 large chopped onion; 3 1/2 tbsp butter; 2 1/2 tsp baharat; 1 tsp cinnamon powder; Whole spices, cinnamon, bay, cardamom; 1/3 cup blanched almonds; 3 tbsp pine nuts; Water, about 7 cups; Salt, to taste; 1/2 tsp black pepper

Spiced rice with mince, topped with chicken and toasted nuts. Every Lebanese celebration ends here.

90 minTime

48 gProtein each

mildSpice

Celebration rice2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySpiced rice with mince, topped with chicken and toasted nuts.

The original

763kcalsame

48 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

90minutessame

Riz a djej, Lebanese chicken and rice.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)1 kg, bone in pieces

Basmati rice2 cups, rinsed

Minced beef (beef mince, beef or buff keema)300 g lamb or beef mince

Onion1 large, chopped

Butter3½ tbsp

Baharat2½ tsp

Cinnamon powder1 tsp

Whole spicescinnamon, bay, cardamom

Almonds⅓ cup, blanched

Pine nuts3 tbsp

Waterabout 7 cups

Saltto taste

Black pepper½ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Simmer the chicken in water with the whole spices and salt for 40 minutes. Lift out, pull into pieces and keep 3 1/2 cups broth.
2Brown the onion and mince in half the butter with baharat and cinnamon.
3Add rice, stir to coat, then add the hot broth. Cover and cook on low 18 minutes.
4Fry almonds and pine nuts in the remaining butter until golden.
5Brown the chicken pieces quickly in the same pan. Mound rice on a platter, top with chicken and nuts.

Serve it like this

Mound on a large platter, chicken on top, nuts scattered over, and yoghurt alongside.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Lebanon

Riz a djej

Spiced rice with mince, topped with chicken and toasted nuts. Every Lebanese celebration ends here.

90 minTime

48 gProtein each

mildSpice

Celebration rice2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySpiced rice with mince, topped with chicken and toasted nuts.

The original

763kcalsame

48 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

90minutessame

Riz a djej, Lebanese chicken and rice.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)1 kg, bone in pieces

Basmati rice2 cups, rinsed

Minced beef (beef mince, beef or buff keema)300 g lamb or beef mince

Onion1 large, chopped

Butter3½ tbsp

Baharat2½ tsp

Cinnamon powder1 tsp

Whole spicescinnamon, bay, cardamom

Almonds⅓ cup, blanched

Pine nuts3 tbsp

Waterabout 7 cups

Saltto taste

Black pepper½ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Simmer the chicken in water with the whole spices and salt for 40 minutes. Lift out, pull into pieces and keep 3 1/2 cups broth.
2Brown the onion and mince in half the butter with baharat and cinnamon.
3Add rice, stir to coat, then add the hot broth. Cover and cook on low 18 minutes.
4Fry almonds and pine nuts in the remaining butter until golden.
5Brown the chicken pieces quickly in the same pan. Mound rice on a platter, top with chicken and nuts.

Serve it like this

Mound on a large platter, chicken on top, nuts scattered over, and yoghurt alongside.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Riz a djej

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Riz a djej

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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