# Chicken Kabsa

A delicious Saudi Arabian dish featuring flavorful rice and tender chicken.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 kg chicken with skin
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 4 cardamom
- 2 bay leaf
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Few cloves & peppercorns
- 3 dried lemon
- 1 onion
- 1 tbsp garlic paste
- 2 large tomatoes blended
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1.5 tsp Coriander powder
- 0.5 tsp Cardamom pwd
- 0.75 tsp cumin pwd
- 0.25 tsp Cinnamon pwd
- 0.75 tsp black Pepper pwd
- 0.5 tsp Turmeric pwd
- 0.75 tsp Paprika pwd
- 1.5 tbsp salt
- 2 green chillies
- 1 Zest of orange
- 1 litre boiling water
- 2.5 cups basmati rice
- Handful raisins
- Handful peeled almonds
- ghee

## Instructions

1. Chop the onion and make tomato puree.
2. Soak the rice.
3. Cut the dry lemons.
4. Add oil and ghee to a pan, then add whole spices, chopped onion, and tomato puree.
5. Add tomato paste and basic pantry spices.
6. Add chicken legs to the pan.
7. Pour in 1 liter of warm water, add 2 green chilies.
8. Add orange zest.
9. Boil the chicken for half an hour.
10. Remove the chicken from the broth and save 1/4 cup of stock.
11. Add soaked rice to the remaining stock and cook until done.
12. Mix the reserved broth with oil and food coloring, then brush it onto the chicken.
13. Grill the chicken in an oven or air fryer.
14. Prepare Arabic tomato rice chutney by blending all ingredients in a food processor.
15. Fry raisins and almonds in ghee for garnish.
16. Fluff the rice and serve it with grilled chicken and chutney.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- blender
- bowl
- pan
- spatula
- oven
- air fryer
- food processor

## Tips

- Use chicken with the skin on for best results.
- Soak the basmati rice for 30 minutes before cooking.
- Orange zest adds a unique sweetness and floral taste to the rice.
- Serving the kabsa with Arabic tomato rice chutney enhances the flavors.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJg6t5pI8AA/?igsh=MXhsZjZvbG5ibjRmbA==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/1a61a792-fdd5-4fc1-a707-7e4833287c8d
- Extracted: 2025-05-24

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