Chicken or lamb rice Boukari

Name: Chicken or lamb rice Boukari
Prep time: 20m
Cook time: 1h
Yield: 6-8
Cuisine: Arabic

This simple one-pot dish from Saudi Arabia combines humble ingredients, flavourful

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Cuisine:Arabic

Cook time:1h

Prep time:20m

Servings:6-8

1 chicken or 1 kilo lamb meat

2 carrots

4 onions

4 tomatoes

3 cups rice (basmati)

2-3 tbsp ghee or butter

¼ cup pine nuts

¼ cup almonds

¼ cup raisins

5 pieces cinnamon

5 cardamoms

5 black peppers

3 cups water

Salt and pepper

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Ingredient Substitution Guide

1. Boil the chicken or the lamb. Chop horizontally the onions, carrots, tomatoes.

2. Fry the nuts and raisins with ghee. Fry onion, carrots, tomatoes and meat. Add spices and water for gravy. Boil for ½ an hour. Add rice and keep for ½ an hour.

3. Turn the rice on to a large dish and decorate with nuts and the raisins. Serve with some salad or yoghurt.

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