EGYPTIAN STYLE CHICKEN
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Ingredients
• 2 large A’Saffa chicken breasts
• 1 medium onion
• 1/2 tsp allspice
• 1/2 tsp paprika
•1/2 tsp coriander
• 1 tsp cumin
• Fresh ground black pepper
• Salt
• 1/2 cup (or less) olive oil
• 2 large chicken stock cubes
• 2 cups long grain rice
• 1/2 cup currant
• 1/2 cup blanched almond (roughly chopped)
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1/2 cup vermicelli
Cooking Instructions
• Cut A’Saffa chicken into small pieces • Put olive oil into large pot over low heat •
Add chicken, chopped onion, allspice, paprika, coriander, cumin and pepper • Stir, cover
and cook until the chicken and onion have softened • Add rice, stock cubes, 4 and
1/2 cups of hot water and salt to taste • Cover and simmer until the rice is almost
cooked • Sauté vermicelli in 2 tbsp of butter until it separates and is golden brown •
Tip vermicelli into rice and add currants and chopped almonds • Turn off heat, put a tea
towel over the pot, cover with lid and allow to steam for 10 min • Fluff rice with fork,
and serve.