Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chicken with rice and ground meat - riz 3a djej. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
I'm Anthony Rahayel, passionate Lebanese, dental surgeon by profession, professional photographer, advocate of great food, blogger. This delicious Lebanese rice with chicken dish known as roz a djej in Arabic, is served at every large family gathering, party, and holiday dinner (Even Thanksgiving!). The warm spices with ground beef and rice make it the perfect rice dish to be served alongside rotisserie chickens, a large turkey, roast.
Chicken with rice and ground meat - riz 3a djej is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Chicken with rice and ground meat - riz 3a djej is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken with rice and ground meat - riz 3a djej using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken with rice and ground meat - riz 3a djej:
- Take 4 chicken thighs
- Prepare 2 chicken breasts
- Take 300 g finely ground beef
- Make ready 2 cups white rice
- Prepare 1 big onion
- Make ready 1 small onion, finely chopped
- Make ready 1/4 cup pine nuts, roasted
- Prepare 1/4 cup almonds, roasted
- Prepare 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Take 2 liters water
- Take 1 cinnamon stick
- Get 3 bay leaves
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Take 1 teaspoon salt
- Take 3 cardamom pods
- Get 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Cook rice according to package instructions. While cooking the rice, heat a well-oiled skillet over high heat. Cook the ground chicken until the golden in color, about. This recipe requires a few steps to it but every step is easy with simple ingredients.
Instructions to make Chicken with rice and ground meat - riz 3a djej:
- In a frying pan, lightly fry the chicken pieces on both sides in 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Remove and put in a saucepan. The chicken shouldn't be completely cooked.
- Add 2 liters of water over the chicken pieces and let it boil. As the water boils remove with a spoon any foam that might form on the water surface. Discard. Once the foam removed add 1 onion, cinnamon stick, cardamom pods and bay leaves to the water. Cover the pan with a lid keeping a small opening to prevent the water to overflow while boiling. Keep on medium heat until the chicken is well cooked.
- Once cooked, remove the chicken from the saucepan and set aside. Strain the chicken broth and keep aside for later use.
- In a deep pan, fry the chopped onion with 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil until golden, then add the ground meat and keep on cooking until meat turns brown.
- Add the rice, salt, pepper and cinnamon. Toss for 2 min then add 4 cups of chicken broth. Cover and let it simmer for 25 min or until rice is well cooked.
- To serve, put the rice in a large plate, place the chicken pieces on top. Sprinkle with the roasted almonds and pine nuts.
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