Riz ‘a djeij (Lebanese rice and chicken) رز ع دجاج
Riz ‘a djeij (Lebanese rice and chicken) رز ع دجاج

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It is then served with roasted chicken on top and garnished with roasted almonds and pine nuts. Riz 'a djeij (Lebanese rice and chicken) رز ع دجاج. Riz 'a djeij (Lebanese rice and chicken) رز ع دجاج.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook riz ‘a djeij (lebanese rice and chicken) رز ع دجاج using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Riz ‘a djeij (Lebanese rice and chicken) رز ع دجاج:
  1. Prepare 1 medium onion
  2. Get 3 cups basmati rice
  3. Get 250 g minced beef
  4. Get 3 chicken breasts
  5. Take 6 cups water
  6. Take Spices
  7. Make ready 1 tsp Lebanese seven spices
  8. Take 1/2 tsp ground all spice
  9. Prepare 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  10. Make ready 1 chicken stock (or 2, optional)
  11. Make ready 1/4 tsp fine grain coffee (optional)
  12. Get 1/2 cup raisin (optional)
  13. Prepare 1/2 cup pistachios
  14. Prepare Mixed nuts for garnish (pine nuts, pistachio, cashew…)

Transfer chicken into a large deep soup saucepan. Add the water, bay leaf and cinnamon stick. Drain the stock from the chicken into a large bowl and leave in refrigerator overnight. STEP B: While chicken is cooking, prepare stuffing on top of stove.

Instructions to make Riz ‘a djeij (Lebanese rice and chicken) رز ع دجاج:
  1. I found the Lebanese seven spices in a local supermarket in Bristol called Dunya but I think they sell them in Asda. Those spices are a must have! They go perfectly with minced beef and all types of meat
  2. Start with frying the onion in a little bit of olive oil
  3. When the onion is almost cooked add the minced beef and put the heat up
  4. Add the spices to the meat and mix well until the meat is cooked
  5. Add the rice and mix it with the meat then add the raisin and pistachios to the mixture
  6. Add 6 cups of water to the rice and leave for almost 20min until cooked
  7. In a pan, add some oil and fry the chicken until cooked, then cut it into small pieces
  8. Add chicken pieces to the cooked rice and mix a little bit. Keep some of the chicken for the top
  9. Fry any nuts you like then add it with the chicken on top of the rice and bonne appetite!

In a saucepan, saute butter and meat until meat is brown. Add the washed and drained rice, salt, pepper, and cinnamon. Bring to a boil over high heat. Please practice hand-washing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Riz ala' dajaj (pronounced da-jej) is a delicious Lebanese rice dish traditionally cooked for special occasions.

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