Rooz Bit Feen Lebanese Rice With Chicken Recipes

ROOZ BIT FEEN (LEBANESE RICE WITH CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Clean and wash chicken. Boil chicken until well done. Remove meat from the bones.
• Saute onions in butter or olive oil until brown. In layers over onions, place boned chicken, pine nuts, uncooked rice mixed with salt, pepper and cinnamon. Pour chicken broth over all and cover. Cook until rice is done.
• May be served with a side dish of plain yogurt.

LEBANESE CHICKEN WITH RICE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil over high heat in a pan.
• Sauté the chicken on both sides until golden brown.
• Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside.
• Add the onion and ground beef to the same hot pan.
• Cook until the onions and meat is beginning to brown, then add the garlic and cook another minute or two.
• Add the cinnamon, allspice, cayenne pepper (or chilli flakes) and salt; sauté two minutes while stirring.
• Stir in the rice making sure that it is fully covered with the oil and spices, place the chicken in the rice.
• Add the pine nuts.
• Pour in the stock or water and cover. Cook slowly for about half an hour. Stir occasionally and as you do so allow the chicken to break up. You may need to add extra hot water if the rice gets a little dry.
• Remove the pan from the heat and sprinkle with minced parsley.