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Sauce / Dressing / Flavoured Butter
Bruno Albouze
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A quick and simple recipe to make powdered vanilla sugar using exhausted vanilla pods, perfect for elevating your baking by adding a special vanilla flavor without waste.
Difficulty:
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Cooking Time:
0 mins
Prep Time:
10 mins
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Kepsa
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A flavorful chicken and rice dish with a rich blend of spices, perfect for a hearty meal.
02:15:00 total
Serves 5
medium
Meat Main Course
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Ingredients
- chicken thighs - 4 to 5 (well-fatted)
- carrots - 2
- onions - 2 (400g)
- garlic cloves - 3 (pressed)
- tomato paste - 2 tablespoons
- chicken or vegetable broth - 1 liter
- cinnamon sticks - 2
- star anise - 1
- cardamom pods - 4
- black lemon - 1
- cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
- coriander seeds - 1 teaspoon
- 4 spices mix - 1 teaspoon ((cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger))
- turmeric - 1 teaspoon
- bay leaves - 2
- salt - watch the video to see (to taste)
- pepper - watch the video to see (to taste)
- basmati rice - 500 g (carefully rinsed)
- butter - 50 g (for rice garnish)
- raisins - 50 g
- pine nuts - 50 g
- lemon - 1/2 (juice of half)
Instructions
- Prepare Chicken: Separate chicken thighs in two for optimal and faster cooking. Season with salt and brown on both sides in a casserole dish with butter and oil for 45 minutes each side.
- Sauté Vegetables: In the same fat, sauté carrots and onions for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add Spices and Tomato Paste: Add tomato paste, pressed garlic, 4 spices mix, turmeric, and a few turns of the pepper mill. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Add Broth and Chicken: Moisten with chicken broth, add a little salt, and put the chicken back in. Cook covered on medium heat for 30 minutes.
- Cook Rice: Remove the chicken, add rinsed basmati rice to the broth, mix, cover, and bake in an oven preheated to 180°C for 30 minutes.
- Prepare Rice Garnish: Melt butter in a pan, brown raisins and pine nuts until they take on a fresh color, then add lemon juice.
- Finalize Dish: Take the pot out of the oven, mix in the rice garnish, and reheat the chicken with the rice in the casserole dish covered for 10 minutes before serving.
