kabse
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12 Ingredients
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65 min total
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Serves Serves 4
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Medium
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Saudi Arabian
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Chicken
Recipe byThe ZestyPlate Kitchen
A fragrant Saudi spiced rice with chicken and vegetables, brightened with turmeric and raisins, then finished in the oven.
Kabsa is one of Saudi Arabia's signature rice dishes: spiced chicken and vegetables cooked down with rice, raisins and warm kabsa spices into a colourful, aromatic one-pot meal. It's the sort of generous cooking meant for the middle of the table and many hands. Sweet raisins, tender chicken and turmeric-stained rice keep every forkful interesting.
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Prep 15 min
Cook 50 min
Total 65 min
Medium
Scale:
- 400g Chicken
- 1 cup Rice
- 1 Green Pepper
- 1 Red Pepper
- 2 Mushrooms
- 1 Sweetcorn
- 2 Carrots
- Handful Raisins
- 1 tsp Turmeric
- 1 tsp Kabse Spice
- Pinch Salt
- Pinch Black Pepper
Preparation
- Caramelise the chicken in olive oil, then add a stock cube and boil for around 30 minutes.
- In another pot, saute all the vegetables until soft.
- Add the rice, raisins and spices to the vegetables, along with 2½ cups of water for the rice to cook in.
- Once the rice is done, transfer everything to the oven.
Tips from the ZestyPlate Kitchen
- Brown the chicken first to lay down a savoury base of flavour.
- Let the spices bloom in the pan for a moment so their aroma comes alive.
- Cook the rice in the chicken stock rather than water for the deepest flavour.
- Finish it covered in the oven so the rice steams to an even, fluffy texture.
Frequently Asked Questions
A warm Middle Eastern blend, usually with cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, black lime, cumin and coriander. Buy it ready-mixed or grind your own.
Yes. Kabsa is also made with lamb, beef or shrimp; just adjust the cooking time to suit whatever you choose.
They drop little pockets of sweetness through the dish that play off the warm spices and savoury chicken, which is part of its character.
Long-grain basmati gives the fluffiest, most fragrant result. Rinse it well first for separate grains.
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