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Chicken majboos
Also known as مجبوس · machboos · chicken machboos · majboos dajaj
Rice cooked in a broth of dried lime and warm baharat, a braised chicken piece on top. Earthy and citrus-bitter under the richness.
Typical serving
680 kcal
usually 530–860 kcal
 Protein | 38 g |
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 Carbs | 78 g |
 Fat | 24 g |
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Before you start
- dried limes (loomi) from a Middle Eastern grocer — the dish tastes of them, and nothing substitutes
- a wide pot with a tight lid
Ingredients
Serves 4 · dimmer marks are storecupboard
- 800gchicken thighs — bone-in, skin on
- 350gbasmati rice
- 2 tbspoil
- 2onions
- 2tomatoes
- 3dried limes
- 3 tspbaharat, cinnamon and cardamom
- to tastesalt
Method
7 steps
chop · 8mOnions sliced thin, tomatoes chopped, and each dried lime pierced twice with a knife tip so the broth can get inside it.
fry · 14mOnions in the oil until deep gold, then the spices for a minute, then the chicken turned in it until the skin has colour.
simmer · 40m walk awayTomatoes, limes and water barely to cover, lid on, low. Cook until the chicken is done right through — no pink at the bone and the juices running clear.
fold · 5mLift the chicken out. Measure the broth to twice the rice’s volume, top up with water if short, and stir the rinsed rice in.
- simmer · 18m walk away
Chicken back on top, lid on, lowest heat, and left completely alone.
rest · 10m walk awayOff the heat, still covered, ten minutes.
finish · 3mFork through from the bottom and fish the limes out or warn whoever gets one — they are bitter enough to stop a conversation.
Worth knowing
The dried lime — loomi — is a whole lime boiled in brine and left in the sun; it gives Gulf rice dishes their signature sour depth.
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