Kuwaiti Chicken And Rice With Daqoos - Garlic Tomato Sauce

Total Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 baby chicken
• 1 cinnamon stick
• salt
• 3 cardamom pods
• 1/2 lemon
• 2 tablespoons rice flour (to be gluten free)
• 2 whole cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 4 black peppercorns
• 2 cups basmati rice
• 2 large yellow onions, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup golden raisin, soaked in water
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon dried lime powder, loomi
• 1 teaspoon middle eastern mixed spice (baharat aka middle east mixed spices - the real mix)
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 2 cups pureed canned tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• sliced blanched almond (optional)

Recipe

• 1 rinse chicken inside and out.
• 2 place in a stockpot with enough water to cover. add cinnamon stick, cardamom pods, cloves, peppercorns, juice of 1/2 lemon and salt to taste.
• 3 bring to a boil skimming as required, continue to simmer partially covered until chicken is done (approximately 40 minutes).
• 4 remove and drain the chicken, reserving broth though a strainer.
• 5 prepare basmati rice according to it's package directions, using broth from chicken instead of water. add turmeric for colour and salt to taste.
• 6 while the rice is cooking, cook the onions in a skillet over medium heat, with 2 tablespoons olive oil, until soft.
• 7 sprinkle with a little water and stir quickly until onions are brown and the water has evaporated. stir in drained raisins, pine nuts, sliced blanched almonds if using, ½ teaspoons bahrat and loomi powder. cook for one minute. remove mixture from skillet and set aside.
• 8 lightly dust the boiled, drained chicken with flour. in a clean skillet over medium-high heat, brown the chicken in 1 tbs. olive oil, turning, until the outside is crispy and brown.
• 9 for the tomato sauce, add water, chopped tomatoes, crushed garlic, tomato paste, salt, sugar and the rest of bahrat in a small saucepan, sauté until tomatoes are soft and the sauce is well blended.
• 10 when the rice is done, spread it on a serving platter. sprinkle the onion mixture over the rice, and place the chicken on top. pass the tomato garlic sauce to spoon individual plates.