Bahrain: Chicken Machboos

This time we're putting a spicy spin the the traditional meat and rice dish. You'll need a few interesting and maybe hard to find ingredients to really make this in the traditional fashion. Bahrain machboos almost always contain loomi, baharat, and rose water.

-4 thighs and 4 drumsticks

-1 medium onion, diced

-1 green jalapeno, diced

-1 can of diced tomatoes

-1 tbsp fresh grated ginger

-3 cloves of garlic, sliced

-5-8 cardamom pods, dehusked

-2 loomi, puncture a hole in them

-1 tsp of lemon juice

-1 cup of basmati rice

-2.5 cups chicken stock

Spice mix:

-1 tbsp baharat

-1 tsp cumin

-1 tsp turmeric

-1/2 tsp paprika

-1/4 tsp cinnamon

-1 tsp salt

Chicken:

-Brush chicken with olive oil and rub it with half of your spice mix. Cook at 450 for 20 minutes

-Heat coconut oil in a large pan and add the onions. Cook over medium heat until browned.

-Add the jalapeno, ginger, and garlic and saute for 2 minutes.

-Add half of your spice mix, loomis, cardamom, tomatoes, lemon juice, and 1 cup of stock.

-Mix the chicken in. Cover over low heat until liquids have reduced and chicken is cooked.

Rice:

I like to use my rice cooker whenever possible, if you don't own one you will need to do this stove top

-1 cup of basmatti rice with 1.5 cups of chicken stock, cook

Finished Machboos:

-Mix the chicken and the rice together, place on a platter and sprits with rose water.

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