Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, chicken maqluba (iraqi). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chicken Maqluba (Iraqi) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Chicken Maqluba (Iraqi) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
Use Our Step-By-Step Guide To Cook Simple and Delectable Meal Plans. Maqluba or Maqlooba is an upside down rice dish that is very versatile. Maqluba recipe is basically layers of vegetables, flavored rice and meat stacked on top of each other and cooked to perfection.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken maqluba (iraqi) using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Maqluba (Iraqi):
- Take 1 Kg Chicken Thighs
- Get 2 Aubergines
- Make ready 3 Tomatoes
- Make ready 2 Onions
- Make ready 2 Bell Peppers
- Get 4 Potatoes
- Make ready 2 Cups Rice
- Take 3 Tbsp Tomato Puree
- Make ready 2 Stock Cube (Chicken/Veg)
- Prepare 2 Tbsp Turmeric
- Get 2 Tbsp Cumin
- Prepare 1 Tbsp Salt
- Make ready 1 Tbsp Garlic Paste (3 Cloves)
- Take 1 Tbsp Mixed Herbs
- Prepare Vegetable Oil
On the last step, use a new pot for cooking the Maqluba. See great recipes for Masgouf (Iraqi Fish), Chicken Maqluba (Iraqi) too! In this video we will see how to make Arabian Rice Chicken Maqlooba Maqluba or Maqlooba is a traditional Syrian, Iraqi, Palestinian, and Jordanian dish served throughout the Levant. On a hot July afternoon, Jamila cooked a beautiful chicken and cauliflower maqluba for us.
Steps to make Chicken Maqluba (Iraqi):
- Season the chicken overnight with Mixed herbs, Turmeric and Cumin. In a large deep pot, fry garlic and the chicken on both sides for 5-10minutes making sure to season with more Cumin and Turmeric to taste. Remove the chicken and add to a baking tray, cover with foil and place in a 200C heated oven to bake for up to 45minutes.
- In circular shapes, slice the Onions, Aubergines, Bell peppers, Potatoes and Tomatoes, then season with salt. In the same pot, fry the vegetables and set them on paper towel to soak up the extra oil after frying. Align the vegetables neatly at the bottom of the pot layering it from Aubergines, Tomatoes, Bell Peppers, Onions and Potatoes before adding the cooked chicken.
- Wash the rice before cooking and in a separate pot, use the same oil used to fry the chicken and vegetables and add 3 Tbsp Tomato Puree. Add the rice into the pot, sauté for a minute before adding 2 cups of water with 2 Chicken/Veg Stock Cube. Allow the water to start boiling before turning the heat to low. Cover the pot with foil, its own lid followed by two tea towels. Check the rice 10/15minutes later, stirring once ever so gently and adding water if needed.
- Once the rice is cooked, add to the pot of vegetables and chicken making sure its stacked neatly. Cook on a low heat for 10minutes, leave to cool for few minutes and then add a large tray on top of the uncovered pot. Flip over gently and letting it rest for few minutes to hold shape. Remove the pot slowly and gently to avoid the maqluba from collapsing.
Maqluba (or maqlouba, makluba) is Palestine's national dish. Most families will gather over a maqluba about once a week. While there are different versions of it, the basic principle is in its name - 'maqluba' means upside down. Remove chicken, strain and reserve broth. Chicken or meat; cauliflower or eggplant; tomatoes or no tomatoes, there many combinations to this, even before you start thinking outside the "traditional" box.
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