Spiced Chicken and Rice
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This dish is full of eastern spices, tender chicken, fluffy rice, and the crunch of toasted nuts.
Recipe type: Chicken Entrées
Serves: 8 cups
Ingredients
- 2 whole chicken thighs, including drumstick, skin, and bones
- [1/2] large yellow onion, quartered
- 1 (3-in.) cinnamon stick
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 tsp. salt
- 8 cups water
- 3 TB. plus 2 tsp. extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
- 1 large ripe tomato, finely chopped
- 2 cups long-grain rice, rinsed
- [1/2] tsp. ground cardamom
- [1/2] tsp. ground cloves
- [1/2] tsp. seven spices
- [1/2] tsp. ground nutmeg
- [1/2] tsp. ground cinnamon
- [1/2] tsp. ground black pepper
- 4 cups chicken broth
- [1/2] cup sliced almonds
- [1/2] cup pistachios
- [1/2] cup pine nuts
- [1/2] cup white or golden raisins
Instructions
- In a large pot over medium heat, bring chicken, yellow quartered onion, cinnamon stick, bay leaves, 1 teaspoon salt, and water to a boil. Cook, skimming off any foam, for 40 minutes. Set aside to cool. Remove chicken from broth, and pull apart chicken, discarding skin and bones.
- In another large pot over medium heat, heat 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil. Add chopped yellow onion and tomato, and cook, stirring intermittently, for 7 minutes.
- Add long-grain rice, cardamom, cloves, seven spices, nutmeg, cinnamon, and black pepper to onion-tomato mixture, and cook, stirring intermittently, for 3 minutes.
- Add chicken broth from the pot to rice mixture, and stir. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook for 40 minutes.
- Remove from heat, fluff rice with a fork, cover, and set aside for 10 minutes.
- In a small saucepan over low heat, heat remaining 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil. Add almonds, pistachios, pine nuts, and white raisins, and toast for 3 minutes. Set aside.
- To serve, spoon rice onto a serving dish. Top rice with chicken and toasted nuts, and serve warm.
Notes
Healthy Hint
You can make this dish a bit healthier by using brown basmati rice instead of white long-grain rice.
You can make this dish a bit healthier by using brown basmati rice instead of white long-grain rice.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 cups Calories: 357 Fat: 23g Saturated fat: 3g Carbohydrates: 28g Sodium: 986mg Fiber: 4g Protein: 12g Cholesterol: 20mg