Recipe: Succulent Machboos Chicken

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Machboos Chicken.

Machboos Chicken Now, you can make Machboos Chicken using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Machboos Chicken

  1. It's 1 kg of chicken cut according to preference.
  2. You need 1 kg of rice washed and soaked in water for 10 minutes then strained, preferably Basmati rice.
  3. Prepare 2 of chopped tomatoes.
  4. You need 1 Tbsp of tomato paste.
  5. It's 2-3 Cups of water.
  6. You need 1 Cup of chopped coriander.
  7. You need 4 of dried limes (black lime).
  8. You need of Whole Spices: 3 cloves, 3 cinnamon sticks, 4 cardamoms pods and 5 bay leaves.
  9. Prepare 1 of small spoon turmeric.
  10. You need to taste of Salt.
  11. You need to taste of Whole black pepper.
  12. You need 1 of small spoon ginger paste.
  13. Prepare 1 of small spoon garlic paste.
  14. Prepare of Green chili pepper (optional).

Machboos Chicken step by step

  1. Heat oil in a cooking pot. Add the onions and stir until the color tends to light brown. Add the whole spices (cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and bay leaves). Add the ground spices, then the chicken pieces and stir lightly for ten minutes till browned..
  2. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, coriander, garlic, ginger and dried lime, then stir until the tomatoes become soft. Add the green pepper (optional)..
  3. Add broth and let it simmer until the chicken is cooked through. Remove the chicken and place it in the oven under the grill to give it a lovely brown color..
  4. Cook the rice by adding the right amount of chicken broth to cook it (each cup of Basmati rice will take 1 ¼ - 1 ½ cup of broth)..
  5. When the rice water evaporates, we return the chicken on top of the rice and close the lid for another 25 - 30 minutes on very low heat till its completely cooked..