Recipe: Perfect Middle Eastern Chicken Rice

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Middle Eastern Chicken Rice. Halal Cart Chicken is boldy spiced and served with fragrant Turmeric Rice and spicy yogurt sauce. I'm middle eastern, so I was pretty skeptical with this recipe. It has a great start, but I did change the recipe around.

Middle Eastern Chicken Rice Begin by combining the marinade ingredients in a small bowl. I made the Middle Eastern kebab chicken and the rice. I just bought your recipe book, can wait to try all. You can cook Middle Eastern Chicken Rice using 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Middle Eastern Chicken Rice

  1. Prepare of For the chicken:.
  2. You need 10 of chicken wings, 4 chicken thighs (you can use whole chicken then cut it into a pieces).
  3. It's 2 tbsp of lemon juice.
  4. Prepare 1 tsp of turmeric.
  5. You need 1 tsp of cumin.
  6. You need 1/2 tbsp of curry.
  7. It's 1/2-1 tsp of oregano powder.
  8. You need 4 of garlic cloves, minced.
  9. It's 1 tsp of salt.
  10. You need 1 tsp of black paper.
  11. It's of For the rice:.
  12. It's 2 tbsp of olive oil or vegetable oil divided.
  13. You need 1 of small onion, finely chopped.
  14. You need 3-4 clove of garlic, finely minced.
  15. Prepare 1 1/2 cups of basmati rice.
  16. You need 2 1/2 of Water.
  17. You need 1-2 tsp of chicken powder.
  18. Prepare 1 tsp of cumin.
  19. You need 1 tsp of oregano powder.
  20. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
  21. You need 1 tsp of turmeric.

The chicken and rice are cooked in one pot, making it easy to bake and easy to clean up! This past weekend I was sick, so between that and I remembered that a few months ago I had made Ev's Eats One Pot Middle Eastern Chicken and Rice, which I thoroughly enjoyed, so used that as an. Seasoned flavorful Middle Eastern Chicken with turmeric rice is a meal the whole family will love. It's super easy to make, and makes a great weeknight I absolutely love this Middle Eastern Chicken recipe because it is full of flavors that are warm and comforting.

Middle Eastern Chicken Rice step by step

  1. Marinated the chicken with all the ingredients and let marinade for at least 30 minutes to 1 hour. (I marinated for over night)..
  2. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a large oven safe skillet, heat up 1 tbsp of oil over medium high heat. Place the chicken in the skillet skin side down and cook until golden brown then flip over and cook the other side until golden brown. Remove the chicken and set aside..
  3. Remove any black or burnt bits from the pan, and add another tablespoon of olive oil to the pan over medium high heat. Add the onions to the skillet with the oregano, turmeric, and cumin. Saute until the onions become translucent..
  4. Add the garlic and basmati rice and saute it until the rice begins to turn golden. Add the water, chicken powder, salt and bring to a simmer. Place the cooked chicken thighs directly on top of the rice. Once the broth has begun to simmer, transfer into lagsana pan or foil baking pan cover with the lid or with a foil transfer to the oven to continue cooking..
  5. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, remove the lid and continue to bake for an additional 15 minutes, until all the liquid has been absorbed..
  6. Turned off the oven. Remove from the oven and let sit for about 10 minutes before serving. Garnish with grilled lemon slice, and fresh cilantro. Serve as is, or eat with a fresh lettuce as rice wraps. It’s good to eat it with greek yogurt as well (I love to enjoy it with raw veggies πŸ?… πŸ₯’). Middle Eastern chicken rice ready to served. Enjoy 😊.

For me comfort food is all about. In this easy dish, you'll sear chicken thighs for perfectly crispy skin, then bake them on top of ras el hanout-spiced rice and chickpeas. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels. Season on both sides with salt, pepper, and up to half the ras el hanout (enough to coat the chicken). Stir in rice, cumin, coriander, turmeric, and cayenne pepper.