Recipe: at dinner Chicken Makboos

Recipe: at dinner Chicken Makboos Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Chicken Makboos. Chicken Majboos is an Arabic dish that is a spiced rice and herb chicken. It is considered a national dish of Kuwait and it is served with tomato garlic sauce called Daqoos. Chicken majboos is very close to biryani but also to al kabsa from Saudi Arabia.

What is the origin of majboos?

In a bowl, marinate chicken pieces with the ingredients under chicken.

Cover and keep aside for half an hour.

You can cook Chicken Makboos using 16 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chicken Makboos

1. It’s 2 cups of rice.

2. Prepare 1 of whole chicken, cut into pieces.

3. It’s 2 of medium potatoes, cut into finger slices.

4. It’s 2 of large onions, finely chopped.

5. Prepare 3 of medium tomatoes, mashed.

6. You need 3 of cinnamon sticks.

7. Prepare 4 of cardamom pods.

8. It’s 4 of cloves.

9. You need 1 teaspoon of turmeric.

10. It’s 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.

11. Prepare of pepper.

12. You need of salt to taste.

13. It’s of vegetable oil for frying.

14. You need of Garnish:.

15. You need 1 of tomato, cut into slices.

16. You need 1 of egg, boiled and cut into slices.

Chicken stock: In a bowl mix all the ingredients together.

When the stock cools, strain with a sieve.

Add enough water to cover all the ingredients.

Cover the pot and cook on medium heat until the water comes to a boil.

Chicken Makboos step by step

1. Wash the rice well and soak it for ½ an hour..

2. Fry the chopped onions in a small amount of vegetable oil until golden in color..

3. Add 1 cup of water, cinnamon sticks, cardamom, cloves, pepper and salt. Then add the chicken and stir..

4. Add enough water to cover all the ingredients. Cover the pot and cook on medium heat until the water comes to a boil. Reduce the heat and leave until chicken is done. Add water if needed..

5. When the chicken is done, remove it from the pot and set it aside..

6. In the pot containing the chicken stock, add the rice after draining it, and add a small amount of water if needed until the rice is covered. Leave it on high heat..

7. When the rice comes to a boil, add the mashed tomatoes and the turmeric. Stir a little and cover the pot. Reduce the heat and leave it to simmer until rice is done..

8. During this time, fry the potato fingers in vegetable oil and then set it aside..

9. Then fry the cooked chicken pieces until golden in color..

10. When the rice is done, place it in a serving dish and top with fried potatoes and then chicken..

11. Garnish the dish with the tomato and egg slices..

Reduce the heat and leave until chicken is done.

Chicken Majboos is an Arabian rice dish similar to Kerala Biriyani.

Some people also call it as Arabic chicken Biriyani.

This is a popular dish in northern Kerala.

I learned this recipe from my sister in Dubai.