🇱🇧 Lebanon recipe
Riz a Dajaj
A grand Lebanese one-pot meal of tender poached chicken served atop fragrant spiced rice with ground beef, studded with toasted almonds, pine nuts, and ground cinnamon. The rice is cooked in the rich chicken broth, absorbing all its deep flavor. It is a dish of warmth and generosity, served at family tables across Lebanon.
Prep20 mins
Cook1 hr 30 mins
Serves6
Difficultymedium
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken (about 1.5kg), cut into pieces
- 400g long-grain white rice (basmati or similar), rinsed
- 200g ground beef or lamb (for the hashweh)
- 1 large onion, quartered (for the broth)
- 2 bay leaves
- 5 whole cardamom pods
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt, plus more for the broth
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 50g blanched almonds
- 30g pine nuts
- 30g unsalted butter
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 453
- Protein
- 28.8 g
- Carbs
- 43.8 g
- Fat
- 17.8 g
